Asks Lenten Sacrifice
To Assist Needy
The annual collection for the
American Catholic Overseas Aid
Fund will be taken up next weekend in all churches of the Diocese
of ,Fall River. In a letter from
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,
S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, read
this last weekend, faithful of the
Diocese were asked to fulfill the
words of the Sunday Lenten
Preface of the Mass by being
"... more fervent in prayer, more
generous in works' of charity ..."
Thus, their sacrifices in the
spirit of Lent will aid this essential fund which finances the overseas disaster aid and develop路
ment programs of Catholic Relief
Services, supports the Migration

and Refugees Services of the
United States Catholic Conference, and underwrites grants to
the Holy Father's charities, and
the Catholic Apostolate of the
Sea.
In his letter, the Bishop writzs:
Dearly beloved in Christ,
The Preface recited at Mass on
the Sundays of the Lenten
Season, serving as the introduction to the solemn Eucharistic
goal of our for,ty-day season of
Prayer itself, reminds us of the
preparation for Easter: that we
may be ..... more fervent in
prayer, more generous in works
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CRS COLLECTION' MARCH 23-24

PRESIDING: Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River,
presided over the inauguration of the Official Parish Pilgrimages to the Cathedral in
celebration of the Holy Year. The Bishop was assisted by Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, pastor
of St. John the Baptist Parish, Central Village, and Very Rev. John J. Regan, rector of
St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral.

HOLY YEAR

Pilgrimage Initiate's
Parish Involvement
Over 800 members of Greater
Fall River parishes gathered at
St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River,
on Sunday, to open the diocesan
phase of the celebration of the
Holy Year. Each area of the
Diocese, in the f.irst phase, will
journey to the Fall River Cathedral in a spiritual journey to
symbolize the unity of the Diocese.
Most Rev. James J. Gerrard,
V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of Fall
River, welcomed the Fall Riverites and presided at the special
Holy Year service designed by
the Diocesan Divine Worship
Commission.
Noting the differing backgrounds of the participants, ,Rev.
Peter N. Graziano, assistant
pastor at St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset, and President of
the Priests' Senate, emphasized
the intended show of unity necessary in the DiocesaQ Family.
Tribute to the pastors-Pope
Paul VI and Bishop Daniel A.
Cronin-also brought parishioners together in prayer, the
priest explained.

Pope Calls Modern Man Prodigal
VATICAN CITY (NC)-Mod- audience hall. The Pope usually
em man, like the prodigal son of exchanges a few words with
the Gospel, can find happiness each such guest at tohe general
by seeing the sadness within audiences.
Although he skipped that part
himself and returning to his
father, God, Pope Paul told a of, his customary routine, the
general audience March 13. It Pope returned immediately to
was the Pope's first public audi- greet the bishops who were in
ence since being confined to bed . attendance and then delivered a
with the flu the previous week. speech to the Vatican Committee
The 76-year-old Pontiff ap- on the Family.
In his address during the genpeared to be his normal and
active self, speaking forcefully eral audience the Pope said that
while delivering his address when man 'looks within' himself
and rediscOvers his moral conand making occasional asides,
The only concession to his re- science, whereby he judges the
cent illness was the cancellation morality of his actions, he is on
of his personal greeting special the way toward God.
Referring to the parable of the
guests in the front row of the

prodigal son ,in the Gospel, the
Pope recalled that after ,squandering his inheritance the unhappy son "looked within himself"
and saw that his happiness depended upon a return to his
father.
That parable, the Pope continued, "is dramatic and stupendous. This act of personal solidarity and courageous reflection
lies at the root of recovering a
genuine and reinvigorated life
for man,"
Moral conscience, the Pope
said, finds itself "on a field
of battle" in modern discussion,
but "will emerge victorious because it speaks the truth for us."

But it was especially to live
out the theme of the Holy Year
-Reconciliation-that all, came
to the "Heart of the Diocese"
to express themselves in prayer
and resolve.

Touching on the sanctity,
brotherhood and involvement of
Christians,
Father
Graziano
painted a panoramic picture of
eager Christian activity in realTum to Page Two

Mrs. Nelson Chairlady
Of Attleboro Appeal
Mrs. Robert W. Nelson, 37
Prospect St., Attleboro, a member of the Holy Ghost parish and
resident of Attleboro for twentysix years, will serve as the 1974
lay chairlady for the Attleboro
area in this year's Catholic
Charities Appeal. The appointment was announced today by
Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes,
diocesan director of the Appeal.
The Attleboro area includes,
Attleboro,
North
Attleboro, '
Mansfield, Norton and Seekonk.
Mrs. Nelson will assist Rev. Bento R. Fraga of Holy Ghost parish, '
Attleboro, who is the Attleboro
area director of the Appeal and
Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan, diocesan
lay chairlady of this year's Appeal. The supervision of the two
phases of the Appeal-the special gift and parish-will be conducted by Father Fraga and Mrs.
Nelson in collaboration with
Msgr. Gomes and Mrs. Noonan.

Mrs. Nelson, a native of Emporla, Kansas, was educated in
the schools of Emporia, Kansas
State Teachers College and the
University of Maine at Orono.
She has taught in Kansas schools
and was head teacher at the
Little Folks School in Attleboro.
She was a member of the United
States Navy as 'a Wave. She is
now probation officer for the
Fourth Dilstrict Court of Attleboro. She is a member of many
organizations and community
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HOLY YEAR
Taunton-Attleboro
Pilgrimage

St. Mary's Cathedral
Sunday, March 24
3 P.M.
MRS. ROBERT W. NELSON

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ANCHOR-Dioce~e of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 21, 1974

French 'Students
Offered Prizes

Greater C:oncern for Justice,
Peace Sec~n in U.S. Church
WASHINGTON (NC) - "Con- tioned against taking it for
'cern for world peace and for the granted that the social acti~n
just -institutions that must under- orientation of the Church WIll
lie it are now entering the main continue.
, current of the Church's apostolSpeaking of the ecumenical asate," said Msgr. Joseph Gremi!- pect of work for social justice,
lion, who resigned in January Msgr. Gremillion referred to
as secretary of the Pontifical Mother Teresa, foun~ress of the
Commission for Justice and Missionaries of Charity. "The
Peac;.
message comes from her," he
Msgr. Gremillion, who has re- said, "that people want Jesus.
turned to the United States after who loves man, especially in the
serving in the Vatican post since weak and the oppressed. Unless
1967, gave his views on changes the community brings Jesus, lovin the United States in an inter- ing and serving the poor, onr
view here.
apostolate is fruitless."
As signs of grea ter concern in
the U. S. Catholic Church for
world peace and justice, Msgr.
.,.;~
.M'@{f$1
<?remillion indicated the estab"""
Parishioners of St. Patrick Parish, Fall
hshment 'of the Deppartment of
Social Development and World . - HARTFORD (NC) - Declaring River, celebrated their namesake's feast on Sunday by tenPeace at the U. S. Catholic Con- that the five Catholic hospitals dering a testimonial to their former pastor, Rev. Msgr. John
in Connecticut "do not and will E. Boyd, now pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Wareham. Left
ference here.
He also noted "a remarkable not" perform abortions, the exinterest in this field among Reli- ecutive director of the Connec- to right: Mrs. Walter J. Burns, Chairlady for the eve~t;
gious communities of men and ticut Catholic Conference said Msgr. Boyd; Mrs. William T. Do~nelly, Decorati.ng Co~mlt­
women, shown not only by indi- that any 'attempt to compel them tee, Rev. James F. Kenney, pastor of St. Patnck Parish.
vi duals but by the formation of to do sof'will be met with the
justice and peace offices within full force of law."
'provinces." He also referred to
William J. Wholean was reactthe "engagement of bishops to a ing to State Senator George
Continued from Page One
parishes of Gr,eater Taunton and
degree altogether absent f9rmer- Gunther's "'statementthat "all iZing the papal hopes for the Greater Attleboro areas will
Iy" and cited:'
hospitals including those run by Holy Year.
gather at the Cathedral for a
-The protest last month by religious orders, .are subject to
Illustrated with the heroic sac- similar pilgrimage.
the Administrative Board of the liability for not performing an rifices of St. Patrick - it was
The Scriptures will be proU.S. Catholic Conference .(USCC) abortion.'"
March 17 - and St. Thomas claimed by Mrs. Charles Landry
Wholean said Gunther and More-an involved layman against . violations of human
and the homily will be delivered
others "would be making a very Father Graziano pointed out by Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu,
rights in Brazil and Chile.
Deeper Spirituality
serious mistake if they were to various means of Christian wit- assistant pastor of St. James
While Msgr. Gremillion said misinterpret the law or under- ness open to all Christia,\s of Parish, Taunton. - ,
he was not a "cockeyed opti- estimate our resolve in this crit- . today.
mist," he said, "I see now offices ical -issue."
Opening the ceremonies with
and apostolates on the causes of
The Connecticut Public Health prayer was Very Rev. Luiz G. Reaffirm Support
the blacks and Chicanos. Twen- Council had ruled that abortions Mendonca, pastor of Our Lady
Of Farm Boycott
ty-five years ago, there was are to be performed in all Con- of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bed.
NORTH PLAINFIELD (NC)Father John LaFarge (the Jesuit necticut hospitals, regardless of ford, who is chairman of the
The New Jersey Council of Major
leader in interracial work» and individual hospital policy.
Diocesan Central Commission .Superiors of Women Religious
But Dr. Fred Hyde, executive for the Holy Year.
one or two religious orders, a
reaffirmed its support of the
few lay people, clergy and bish- director of the Connecticut HosSister Barbara McCarthy, O.P., United Form Workers of Amerops ... L see evidence that this is pital Association, said private of the Diocesan Education Ce_nentering the mainstream of these hospitals cannot be forced, co- ter in Fall River, read the Scrip- ica boycott and called upon th~
institutions of the Church, in- erced or regulated into perform- tures for' the special service pat- state's women Religious to refuse to pur·chase iceberg lettuce
cluding religious orders. Perhaps ing abortions any more than they terned on a 'Bible Vigil.
from California, grapes and Gallo
we can be criticized for not going can be forced to perform any
The General Intercess'ions and wine and to boycott stores which
far enough, fast enough, but it other procedure.
the Rite of Reconciliation were
is striking to one returning to
"They retain all the prerog- led by Rev. Barry W. Wall, as- sell these items.
A resolution passed by the
the United States."
atives of being private institu- sistanat pastor at St. Mary's
council said that' the farm workMsgr. Gremillion said there is tions and they retain the right to Cathedral.
ers are "in a non-violent struggle
a need for a deeper theological refuse abortions," Hyde, said.
Religio,us music for the celfoundation and a deeper spirituWholean· cited a court of ap- ebration was provided by the for the establishment of their
ality for those involved in the, peals decision in Green Bay" participants themselves and by basic rights as workers and the
social aspostolate in, order to Wis., the Health Programs Ex- the Cathedral Choir led by Rev. right to determine their own poavoid superficiality and he cai.!- ten Act of 1973 and other deci- William J. Campbell and David litical, economic and social
.future."
tern Act of 1973 and other deci- Carrier.
Past actions of the growers,
circuit court of appeals levels,
'On Sunday next, March 24, the the resolution added, show that
Necrolo!JY
which have upheld the right of
they are resisting procedures to
private hospitals to set their own
MAR. 29
have secret ballot elections and
Rt. Rev. Edward J. Moriarty, policy in spite of federal funding. Cardinal Condemns
collective bargaining with the
1951; Pastor, St.. Patrick, Fall
Terrorism, Violence
UFWA.
River.
Bulletins Published
BUENOS
AIRES
(NC)-CardiIn addition to the boycotts, the
Rev. James H. Carr, S.T.L.,
nal
Antonio
Caggiano
of
Buenos
Year
resolution
calls on the women
For
Holy
1923, Assistant, St. Patrick, Fall
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Aires - strongly criticized the Religious of New Jersey "to inRiver.
first four volumes of the English wave of violence and terrorism vestigate avenues where they
MAR. 30
version
of the "Bulletins of the that has swept this nation. He can help in the total educational
Rev. Aime Barre, 1963, On
Holy
Year"
have been published said in a sermon that "we have process of their people with resick leave, Fall River.
by
the
Vatican's
Central Com~ reached a point in which anguish gard to the farm workers' strugMAR. 31
has become oppressive and de- gle," asks that "all our institumittee
for
the
Holy
Year:
-Rt. Rev. George C. Maxwell,
moralizing."
tions take part in the boycott,"
The
volumes,
in
paperback
1953, Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul,
Violence and terrorism "con- and calls on the women Reliform vary' in length from 165 to
Fall River.
'
90 pages and contain papal and tinue to grow and to deteriorate gious to endorse and promote
APR. 1
episcopal documents on the 1975 public peace everywhere" he the establishment on an annual
Rev. George A. Lewin, 1958, Holy Year, studies, and sugges- added.
'
Farm Worker Week.
,
.
Pastor, St. Mary, Hebronville.
tions and reports from local
"There are those who believe
APR. 2
churches around the world on that everything can be solved
Rev. Adolph Banach, O.F.M. observation of the Holy Year.
through violence and resort to
Conv., 1961, Pastor, Our Lady
The series is. expected to reach it even in the distribution of
Inc.
of Perpetual Help, New Bedford.' at least 10 volumes, with parallel
food and clothing to the pqor,"
editions appearing in French, the cardinal said. He called on all
Funeral Service
German,. Italian, Spanish and Christians to oppose terrorist
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TES~Il"ONIAL:

Parishes Begin Pilgrimages

Michael CO' Austin

Students of French parentage,
either father, mother or both
parent~; are invited to participate in the annual French contest sponsored by the Federation
Feminine Franco-Americaine of
the area, to be held at 2 P.M.
Saturday, April 6 in the school
haH of St. Joseph Church,
Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford,
Contest entry forms have been
forwarded to school principals
and French teachers or further
information is available through
Mrs. Abel Plaud, federation
scholarship chairman.
She notes that contestants will
be asked to speak in French on
an assigned and prepared subject, then to answer severa'! questions extemporaneously.
Contest divisions will include
eighth grade, high school and
college, with a cash prize of $50
for eighth grade and $100 each
for the other divisions. Winners
will be eligible to enter finals
Saturday, April 20 at Assumption College, Worcester. Additional cash prizes will be awarded at that time and a separate
contest will be open to high
school seniors planning to major
in French for scholarships of up
to $1000 offered by the Quebec
government, Assumption College
and St. Francis College,

Chairlady

con't~ued from Page One
projects ._~d committees. She
is the wife of Robert W. Nelson,
a di:visional technical director of
Laminated and Coated Products
Division of the St. Regis Paper
Company. They are the parents
of four children.' Mrs. Nelson's
activities include the vice-presidency of Taunton Cooperative
Bank, president of the Attleboro
ScholarshipFoundation, trustee of
Southeastern Massachusetts University Foundation and 'director
and past president of the Attleboro United Fund.

White Sisters Plan
Community Study
F·ormation of young religious
and deepening of the community
prayer life were among top'ics
discussed at the spring meeting
of the provincial consultative
committee of the Daughters of
the Holy Spirit, heid at Putnam,
Conn. The community, also
known as the White Sisters,
carries out a home nursing apostolate in Fall River.
The Superior General of the
order and her four councillors,
presently visiting American convents" were present at the meeting; at which Sister Anita Dion
was elected as chairman and
Sister LucHle Bessette was
named secretary of the committee.
Participants at the meeting
also launched a study of commitments and goals of the
Daughters of the Holy Spirit to
determine if they meet the present needs of the Church and the
community.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 21,1974

PARTICIPANTS: Official parish pilgrimages to the Bedford, and Chairman of the Diocesan Central Committee
Cathedral were inaugurated on Sunday with a special Holy for the Holy Year, who read the Introductory Prayer; center:
Year Service at S1.. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. All Sister Barbara McCarthy, O.P. of the Diocesan Education
parishes of Greater Fall River sent representatives for the Center in Fall River who served as Scripture Lector; right:
historic event. Participants included: left: Very Rev. Luiz Rev. Peter N. Graziano, assistant pastor of St. Thomas
G. Mendonca, V.G., pastor of Mt. Carmel Parish, New . More Parish, Somerset, who delivered the inaugural homily.

Euro'ean
Hq1J~av
leadership 01

Warns Against Abuses in Human Experiments
WASHINGTON (NC) -A -panel of four doctors and a Catholic
theologian warned here that
medical researchers must scrupulously guard against unethical
experimentation on humans, especially on children who cannot
give, informed consent.
In a Georgetown University
symposium on human experimentation, the panel said that
legally and ethically little justi-

fication can be offered for experimenting on children not in
need of treatment-after parental consent is obtained.
The panel said that only in
cases where permission is given
to allow treatment which will
directly benefit a sick child can
parents presume that they are
acting as the child would if he
could give informed consent.
Jesuit Father Richard A. Mc-

NCEA President Forced to Retire
Because of Injuries from Fall
WASHINGTON (NC) - The
board of directors of the National
Catholic Educational Association
(NCEA) has approved a recommendation that Norbertine ,Father C. Albert Koob discontinue
his work as NCEA president because of injuries received in a
fall Oct. 28, 1972.

Cormick of the Kennedy Institute
for 'Study of Human Reproduction and Bioethics said that an
adult is free to participate in
'experimentation resulting in no
benefit to himself because such
an act could become a sign of
Christian concern for the hllm:m
community's welfare. But to presume that an adult could make a
highly subjective decision like
that on behalf of a child is unwarranted in most cases, Father
McCormick said.

Hyacinth Circle 71, New Bedford Daughters of Isabella, will
attend Mass and corporate Communion at 9 A.M. Sunday, March
31 at Holy Name Church, New
Bedford. Breakfast will follow
at Thad's Steak House. Guest
speaker will be Msgr. Anthony
Gomes, 'pastor of Our Lady of
Angels Church, Fall ~iver. Msgr.
Gomes is well known in this
area having been a curate at St.
John the Baptist Church. Over
the years he has been greatly
involved in serving community
and Diocesan organizations of
the Fall River Diocese.
Members may bring guests,
'and reservations should be made
with Alice Miller, regent.

rN~;;i~'H'.'T~ip;1

FR. KOCIB

LAWTON
Director, Holy Cross
Fathers' Retreat House

Group Communion
For Isabellas

One possible exception would
be in cases where a great good
Msgr. James Habiger, superin- coul9 be procured at practically
tendent of schools of the Winona, , no cost in terms of risk or pain,
Minn., diocese and chairman of Father McCormick added.
an ad hoc committee on NCEA
In discussing experimentation
functions and structure, told the
board that the record of Father 'on adults, Dr. Francis C. Cadigan,
Koob's achievements as president Jr., direc'tor of medical research
"makes it doubly difficult for me for the U. S. Army Research and
as chairman . . . to recommend Development Command, cauthat because of the injuries he tioned against factors which
suffered in his accident ... and
consequent impairment 'of his
general health, Father Koob not
Education Grants
be re-elected president of NCEA
Twelve
$500 educational grants
when his limited term of office
are
available
to members of the
expires June 30, 1974."
Catholic Association, of ForestThe committee made its recommendation "solely because of ers, it is announced by the orSHEET METAL :
the injuries Father Koob sus- ganization's scholarship commit- :
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J. TESER, Prop.
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tained," Msgr. Habiger said.
tee. Applications are availa,ble
:
NCEA staff consultants for the from High Secretary-Treasurer : RESIDENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL
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993-3222
Father ,Kood, then beginning April 15.
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his second five-year term as associate secretary of the NCEA
secondary school department, beGONZAGA, JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE
came acting head of the NCEA
in September, 1966, after the
EASTERN POINT, GLOUCESTER, MASS.
death of Msgr. Frederick G.
Hochwalt. Father Koob was
TWO RETREATS FOR PRIESTS
elected to. succeed Msgr. Hochwalt in February, 1967.
April 22 to April 26 ••' April 29 to May 3
A native of Philadelphia, Father Koob served for 19 years in
the
archdiocesan
secondary
school system there and was prior of St. Norbert Priory from
1954 to 1961.

Father Thomas

could cloud informed consent.
Researchers, he said, must avoid
technical language understood
by only a few experts in his own
"supersubspecialty" when explaining a project to potential
'participan ts.

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as a comp,ehensive tour of Vatican City. These are only a few of
the high spots! Write or call today
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THE ANCI-'OR-Diocese of Fall River~Thurs. Mar. 21, 1974

Not lust llnother Collection
\ It is to be hoped that the faithful of the Diocese will not

look upon this coming weekend's Catholic Relief Services
collection as "just another collection."
The Bishop has pointed out that it can be a fulfillment of
one of the majn thrusts.of Lent-generosity in works of charity. it supports a work of international character and sc'ope.
Proceeds from the Catholic Relief Services are aimed at
the human development concept, with every program trying
to improve the lot of men and women and boys and girls,
giving them the awareness that they are the children of God
and are valued by their brothers and sisters here in the
United States.
The help given in 1973 as a result of the ef.forts of Catholic Relief Services touched the lives of 20 million hungry
and homeless and desperate needy persons in 75 nations and
was valued at more than one hundred and thirty-eight million dollars. This was due to the fact that every dollar given
to CRS multiplied. many'times in the amount of help it was
able to purchase for those in need.
.
Every five hours last year a shipment left an American
port with supplies to alleviate the need of suffering people
the world over.
This is what Catholic Relief Services means....,....a personto-person assistance of those in need by those who have, a
practical working out of the injunction of Christ that what is
done for the least of His brothers in need is done for Him, a
call to those who have to take from what they have so that
those who have not may have a little more, a bare minimum
to insure the dignity that is rightfully theirs as children of
God.
No, the Catholic Relief Services collection coming up
this weekend is not just another collection. It is a Lenten call
to sacrifice, a call to make an impact on an international
scale in the name of the ch~rity of Christ.

THf WAY TO Nfl

The'Diocesan Holy Year that is now going on in preparation for the Church's Holy Year that is to come strives for
the very same ends-renewal and reconciliation. Renewal is
meant in the very basic sense of recreation of the individual
in the likeness of Christ. Our Blessed Lord came that He
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The
might make all things new-touch all men with the DivineVatican has issued a new inmake it possible for all men to call God their "Father" andto struction on "papal secrecy," the
be. acknowledged by the Father as His son~ and daughters equivalent of "top secret" classiupon whom His favor rests.
.
fication for documents and other
,
It is a work of God. But it requires that man cooperate matters dealing with important
Church affairs.
with God, open himself with his faults and shortcomings to
The instruction was presented
.
.
the healing and creative power of God.'
at a press conference March 14
Man begins this when he says "yes" to those stirrings by Federico Alessandrini, head
within himself to reach out and unite with God. These are of the Vatican Press Office. He
sa-id the new instruction- "annuls
beginnings which God initiates but which man must be nothing of serious importance"
aware of, must respond to. Man's first response must be that that had existed in earlier simof prayer, the opening of his life to the Divine energy can- ilar instructions, but showed
"more concern with setting forth
stantly beating in upon him,
.
the reasons or principles and the
Prayer is a life that God begins but to' which man must personal motivation for the obsay "yes." It is 路a life capable of growth, hom the educative serving of papal secrecy. .
process of vocal prayer in which man brings the great
Alessandrini said the new inthemes or-the Church into his own consciousness, to the struction sets forth "some of the
meditative thinking on the things of God'in such a way that theological,. moral and social
these touch and transform and move the will to the desire for reasoning that justifies the observarice .of secrecy" in general
greater service of God.
and "papal secrecy" in particular.
And as man knows and serves God more, the process
Papal or pontifical, secrecy is
of renewal and reconciliation is worked out---with God, first a term that is now used 'juridand above all, and surely with his fellow man. It is this that ically in 路the Church in' place of
the older term "the secret of the
makes a year "holy.. "

Le~t

New Instruction Issued
On Papal Secrecy Matters

Holy Office." The older term was

Missioners Rights
RIO DE JANEIRO (NC)-The
Church here may soon be allowed
to send missionaries without
government permission to the
Indians who inhabit Brazil's
OFFICIAL NEWSPA.PER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER
largely unexplored interior. Fa-路
Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall Rivel
- ther Jose Vicente Cesar, pres.
. 410 Highland Avenue
ident of the Church's in<;ligenous
Fall River, Mass. 02722
675-7151
Missions COUncil (CMI) reported
PUB~ISHER
that government sources have
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, 0.0 .. 5.1.0.
assured him that a Qill recognizGENERAL MANAGER
ASST. .GENERAL MANAGER ing the rights. of missiqnaries to
work among the Indians will be
Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Sholloo, M.A.
Qe'l. John P. Driscoll
~ leary Press-Fall Rlve~
sent to Congress soon.
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@rbeANCHOR

L'enten Sacrifice
Continued 'from Page One

of charity, more eager in celebrating the mysteries by which
we are reborn,". so that we may
attain' the "fulness of grace that
belongs to the sons of God."
Generosity iOn works of charity,
then, is specifically cited as a
means to use in seeking the
desired goal, a means especially
suited to the Lenten spirit. There
are a number of occasions each
year when the generous response
of our Catholic faithful is solicited
for the support of our Church's
mission and apostolate. Some are
national in scope, like ,the recent
Home Mission Collection or the
Campaign for Human Development which is conducted in the'
fall. Some are local, such as the
Catholic Charities Appeal or the
collection for our Ecclesiastical
Student Fund. Next- Sunday,
. however, at the mid-point of the
Lenten Season, we have the
Catholic Overseas Aid Appeal,
which helps to support the American Catholic Relief Services.
This is a work of charity of
truly international character in
ev.ery part of the world: to the
refugees in Cambodia, to those
suffering from drought in Africa,
to the s~arving in India, to the
embattled people of Vietnam.
There is not a plac.e in the world
where the Catholic Relief Services do not go.
Because American Catholics
responded with such generosity
to this appeal last year, five and
one-half million dollars were dispensed in relieving suffering and
misery in every corner of the
world during 1973. However, as
you know, the need is' still overwhelming. There are millions of
people who are sick, hungry and
in need. Each one of ithem is
standing in the place of Our
Divine Savior; as you do unto
them, so you do unto Christ.
abolished when the Holy Office
Please contribute generously
was reorganized by Pope Paul VI
next weekend to this special
and renamed the Doctrinal Con- Lenten appeal.
gregation.
Devotedly yours in Christ,
Grave Obligation
In both cases, what is meant
Daniel A. Cronin,
is the highest and most binding
Bishop
of FaIr River
form of secrecy that can be
placed on Catholics in dealing
with Ohurch affairs. "In the past, 'Electronic Diocese'
violation of the Holy Office
oath, or seal of secrecy, was con- Improves Programs
sidered a serjous sin that could
NEW .YORK (NC)-They call
only be lifted by a limited num- it an "electronic diocese." Its
ber of confessors or Church area, however, is regional and'
officials designated by the Pope. crosses state lines. It reaches to
While papal secrecy is no longer the fringes of six dioceses in
"reserved" to special confessors metropolitan New York-as far,
but can be "absolved by any in fact, as Manhattan-based local
confessor."
TV stations can be seen and
He said the term "pontifical heard.
secrecy" is derived from the fact
The "electronic diocese" has
that .it covers material or cases come into existence with the age
connected with the activities of of television. And what have
the Pope or of the Vatican of- Catholic television chairmen from
fices that act 路in the Pope's name. six dioceses here done about it?
Alessandrini, summing up the They have pooled their resources,
reasoning behind the need for formed a committee called the
classification such as "pontifical Tri-State Catholic Committee for
secrecy," said that "the common Radio and TV (TRISCORT), and
good requires sometimes that today are 'offering a better prodcertain facts may be kept secret uct to local television stations
or may be made known at times than if each diocese set out to
or in manners that are estab- do its own thing.
lished not by individuals arbitrarFather James B. Lloyd, 52, a
ily .but' by legitimately consti- Paulist priest who is chairman
tuted authority.
of the radio-TV section in the
"To observe these limitations communications office of the
and thereby preserve' secrecy archdiocese of New York, serves
within the required limits, it is a as executive secretary of the
duty to accept it not only be- . committee. Its members are.
. cause of fear of eventual sanc- priests and laymen from the
tions, but rather because of a neighboring archdiocese of Newneed and an imperative require- ark N. J., and the dioceses of
ment of the common good of the Brooklyn, Rockville Centre, N. Y.
Church, as well as of dignity and Paterson,
N. J.,
Bridgeport,
personal honor."
Conn.

Four'th Sunday of

Holy Year

un

I

See First Phase
Of Catchetical
Di rectory End ing .
WASHINGTON (NC)--"I just
dread the end of this month,"
said Msgr. Wilfrid Paradis with
a chuckle.
'
The soft-spoken New Hampshire priest, project director for
the U. S. bishops' National Catechetical Directory (NCD), was
referring to the anticipated influx of thousands -perhaps tens
of thousands-of letters around
March 31, the deadline for the
first national consultation phase
of the directory.
In an interview with NC News
here, Msgr. Paradis said he is
hoping to kick off the second of
three consultations next fall
and winter with a printing and
distribution of 100,000 copies of
the directory's first draft in
English, and another 21,000
copies in Spanish.
Thes whole project, which will
last through 1975 and perhaps
into 1976, has been undertaken
by the U. S. bishops at the request of the Vatican that nat.ional bishops' conferences develop catechetical directoriesguides for religious educationadapted to the particular needs
of their own society and culture.
General Outline
For the first grassroots consultation the NCD committee.
composed of bishops, priests, Religious and lay people, 'sent out
16,000 copies of background materials and a general outline for
the proposed directory.
These were also reproduced
locally in many dioceses, in parishes or in the local diocesan
newspapers, so that Msgr. Paradis estimates that the total reproduction of the first materials
reached over 100,000.
In addition, since last August,
Msgr. Paradis an~1 his associate
director, Sister Mariella Frye,
have made more than 50 stops
around the country, from Boston
to Dallas, from Orlando, Fla., to
Santa Cruz, Calif., attending
meetings of religious educators,
priests and nuns, interviewing
bishops and religious education
officials, and being interviewed
for newspapers and television to
publicize the directory work.

Day of Prayer
For Vocatic)ns

.

ST. CLOUD (NC) - A statewide day of prayer for vocations
will highlight observance of Vocation Month in the six dioceses
of Minnesota.
The observance, planned for
Sunday, Feb. 24, includes a special liturgy, prepared and circulated by the state's vocation
directors, and a prayer for vocations which will be distribute~1
at all Masses.
Vocation Month observances
have also included media promotion of vocation themes and coordination of vocation programs
with religious education classes
in individual parishes.
In a letter to priests of the St.
Cloud diocese, vocation director
Father John Miller pointed out
that vocations are a result of
both prayer and activity. He encouraged priests to make "a
special effort to involve your
whole parish in praying to the
Lord and showing some concrete
signs of your concern."

5

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 21,1974

Pope Urges New Scale of Values
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope
Paul VI, inaugurating a series of
Lenten telecasts in Canada on
the consumer society, called for
a restructuring of society's scale
of values.
He recalled Christ's words:
"Seek first the kingdom of God
and His justice, and all the rest
will be given you besides."
The Pope's introductory talk
in French was telecast Sunday,
March 10, from Montreal and
eight other centers in Canada.
The Lenten talks, sponsored by
the bishops of Canada, are called
Operation Chantier (Operation

Workshops) and revolve around
the ques~ion "How can the faith
be lived in the consumer society?"
Pope Paul commented: "You
will easily understand that a
notion of civilization founded on
the triumph of economic life can
be neither the only notion nor the
predominant one, precisely because it conceals an unbearable
lack of路 necessary and higher
goods under the dazzling surface
of abundance and' of well-being.
"Let's always recall the words
of Jesus Christ in this regard:
'Man does not live by bread
alone.' "

LENT

AND

LEPERS
THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH.

MARKED BY LEPROSY: Father Germain La Fontaine
of the White Fathers' Missionary Society talks about his
experiences with leprosy, which has marked his face and
..
crippled his fingers. NC. Photo.

Pain of Leprosy
Missionary Priest From Canada Again
Able to Offer Mass
WASHINGTON (NC)-It's lil~e villages in my mission in northan eternal toothache over the east Zambia."
arms and' legs."
Father LaFontaine said that
That's how Father Germain when he returned to Zambia in
La Fontaine describes the pain of I 960 after a visit to' Canada, his
leprosy. He had the worst form fingers and legs became swollen
of it (lepromatous) for seven .and he noticed red spots on his
years, and he first contracted the body. "I went to a doctor at the
disease in 1960 but did not know end of that year," the missionary said. "He gave me some corhe had it until 1966.
A native of Sherbrooke, Can- tisone, which reduced the swellada, Father La Fontaine stopped ing in my joints. Someone else
off here at the community house told me I was allergic to nylon.
of the White Fathers' Missionary So I went back to my bush misSociety. He was on his way home sion-and never wore nylon
from the leprosarium in Carville, again."
He said he received his greatLa., operated by the U. S. Public
Health Service. He had been hos- est sense of achievement at Carpitalized in Carville since June, ville from which he was discharged the past February, when
1969.
Father La Fontaine has two he was able to offer Mass alone
dark spots on his face from the after not being able to do so for
disease. These will disappear and 18 months.
"I feel strong now," Father La
may reappear. He has feeling in
Fontaine
staid. "My superior in
only five of his fingers; the joints
in the other fingers are fused. He Sherbrook says he has enough
can use these fingers but cannot for me to do for at least three
feel any pain even if a burning years, and I'm happy to be able
cigarette is held against them. to go back to work."
There is a certain serenity about
a man who has suffered and surBishops Want End
vived. Father La Fontaine has it.
The Missionary of Africa was To Racial Strife
LOURENCO MARQUES (NC)ordained in 1944, received his
doctorate in canon law from the After 10 years of guerrilla warCatholic University of America fare in Mozambique its Catholic
here in 1947 and taught at the bishops have called for a peace
White Fathers' seminary in East- that "puts aside all racial disview, Canada, until 1951. From crimination, hate and vengeance."
The bishops, in a pastoral letthen until 1966 he served in the
bush mis:sions of the Chipata dio- ter relating路 to the 1975 Holy
cese in the African country of Year said that the war between
black African guerrillas and
Zambia.
He said he faced the usual Portuguese troops has caused
conditions the bush mission- thousands of casualties "and has
ary of that era experienced. "No meant the spending of sums
e!ectricity, no running water, and which could have been better
during the six-month rainy sea- employed in other sectors."
Mozambikue-like' Angola and
son I averaged 900 miles on my
bicycle in getting to some 200 Guinea-is Portuguese territory.

CHRIST
SO LOVED
LEPERS HE
WORKED.
MIRACLES
TO CURE
THEM

TO
CURE
LEPERS
HERE'S WHAT
OUR PRIESTS

AND
SISTERS
NEED

If Lent so far has not be~n meaningful, if you
haven't done enough, you still have time to
make it worthwhile. How can you best keep
Lent? The answer is we must make sacrifices
on our own. In easing the Lenten regulations of
fast and abstinence, the Holy Father rec6m.
mended instead that we deny ourselves volun.
tarily and share our abundance with the poor
and suffering. More than 10 million people still
suffer from leprosy. Here's what your Lenten
gift for Lepers will do:

St. Joseph's parish in Attle·
A young priest in our parish preaches terrific homilies.
'boro is one of the most active
He spoke last Sunday about Lenten obligations, and his talk in the diocese and it's reinforcprompted thoughts for days' afterwards. He reviewed the ing its reputation this Lent. At
current regulations regarding fast and abstinence, then the beginning of the season parishioners received a booklet
commented that some people
sharp answer, the hurting reply containing suggestions for fam·
complain that Lent was bet- ... we m'ight start being identi' ily activities, explanations of
ter the 'old way" when you fied as Catholics again, not be- Lenten symbols and a calendar
really knew you were mak- cause we' are in line at a fish of spiritual events scheduled to

ing sacrifices to keep the fast. counter, but because of our im·
Many' people feel to:lay's Lent is . itation of Christ.
relaxed
too easy .. , watered
If every Catholic fasted from
down .
pride disguised as righteousness,
anger disguised as authority, and
hatred disguised as defense of
the Faith, maybe we would
emerge from Lent as recognizable Christians.
Was It Easier?
Is it possible that the rigid fast
appeals to us because it was
easier?
CARSON
We knew whether or not we
were keeping it.'
It didn't curb' our pride as
charity does.
And we could feel so noble
He stressed that we now have
knowing
how we were religious·
the obligation to practice some
deliberate, positive charity each ly keeping the fast ... and passday ... and for many this may ing judgment on others who we
be more difficult than the fast· knew were not.
Since we're well into Lent,
ing.
maybe
it's a good time to reflect
He followed thao. comment
with an example. Suppose a man on how we're doing. Possibly
has had a bitter 'argument with we can pull in a few notches on
'his
wife, and they haven't the belt around our pride.
,
Maybe, if we're honest with
spoken to each other for days ...
ourselves,
the girth of our· pride
'or weeks ... He could perform
a deliberate act of charity by is bigger than before. If that
making Ithe first move, going to belt is pinching, .it's not too late
to start.
her and saying, "I'm sorry."
And 'if you fail, you think you
It wouldn't be easy ... and he
can't
do it ... don't give up, TRY
might prefer Lent the "old way"
when he could have just fasted, AGAIN!
for it would be easier to deny his
Treatment of Political
appetite than his pride.
Christ's Attitude
Prisoners Criticized
But then, the young priest
PARIS (Nt) - The French
went on with his example. Sup- bishops' Justice and Peace Compose the wife had been at· fault: mission has said that the PortuShouldn't she, the one who guese government's treatment of
started the argument :in the first 29 political prisoners arrested in
place, make the first move to December and January are "atpatch it up. The man could feel tacks on the rights of man."
it ,is her responsibility to say,
The criticism was made in a
"I was wrong." '
statement issued by the comOur young priest asked l,Is to mission, headed by Archbishop'
compare that attitude with Jacques Menager of Rheims, to Christ's regarding who and call attention to trials that are
how we should 'forgive.'
soon to begin. in Lisbon.
He went on to point out that
The 29 are accused by the Porthe husband could have so per- tuguese police of bel'onging to a
fected his art of feuding that he revolutionary group, the League
feels most -righteous about it. ,He of Union and Revolutionary Acis teaching his wife il lesson. He tion (LUAR), and of planning at·
is improving her! By witholding tacks on government offices.
his love, he is giving her an ex- The police said they seized quail·
cellent opportunity to correct tities of arms and explosives
her faults.
from the group.
The priest made a comparison
An informational note attached
to how Christ acted.
tb the Justice and Peace ComHe recommended that while mission's statement pointed out
we were asked to give· up very that only a few of those ar·,
little food, we should try giving rested are accused of possessing
up our feuds, our pettiness, our "material of sabotage." In. the
rjghteousne~s about others' erhomes of others, extensive
rors.
searches. found. only
books, ad·
.
After listening to that homily dress lIsts,
vanous documents
h'
. I
·
I had some thoughts of my own. an d mlmeograp
mg matena .
If every Catholic scrupulously
abstained ... from the unkind
Birthright Opens'
word, the biting remark, the
Birthright of Greater Fall River has Ibe~un a telepho'ne coun·
SHA Parent~)
seling service for pregnant girls
Members of the Parents Asso- and women, available from 7 to
ciation of Sacred Hearts Acade- 9 p.m.¥ondays, Wednesday and
my, Fall River are sponsoring a Fridays ~at telephone 675·1561.
candy sale, now in progress, as The organization offers women
a fundraising project for the free emergency services, includschool. Also planned is a penny ing counseling, medical, legal and
sale, to be held Saturday, April social welfare assistance. All
calls are confidential.
27 at the school.

takE; pIace in the church or Attleboro area. "We hope," wrote the
priests of the parish, Rev. Roger
P. Poirier, pastor, and Rev. Normand J. Boulet, assistant, "that
it will be beneficial to your
spiritual growth and that of
your family."
The booklet begins' with a
clear explanation of the customs
of fast and abstinence, noting
that ,,'these ancient practices are
helpful to restoring a sense of
the presence of God and can
serve as a reminder that conversion of heart must be manifest
in our words ilnd actions. While
we are not bound to fast and abo '
stinence under pain of sin, they
are indeed serious responsibilities."
Ashes, Barren Twigs
On Ash Wednesday, St. Jo·
seph's parishioners saw barren
twigs and branches .in vases
around their altar. They represented the dormancy of winter
and also the Lenten opportunity
to grow spiritually and reach.
out to others.
Last Sunday one ,of, the vases
still held leafless twigs, while
the other, pointing up the Gospel parable of the barren fig tree,
held budding branches. And on .
the fifth Sunday of Lent, March
31, both vases will hold the buds,
symbolizing the day's theme of
new life in Jesus. '
Finally, ,on Palm Sunday, the
vases wil( hold the traditional
palm branches.
And for St. Joseph.'s parishioners the Lenten ashes were more
than symbolic this year.' They:
were told that "ashes denote a
person is willing to do some kind
of penance in order to advance
in charity." Therefore, those
old enough to understand what
was being asked of them were
requested not to accept .the
ashes' unless they were "resolved
to do penance." Suggested actions were listed 011 slips of
paper in two boxes at the altar.
One box contained "social penances" such as visiting the
sick, telephoning an invalid or
doing errands without expecting
recompense. The other box, of
"spiritual penances," included
such actions as reading the
Bible, saying the rosary, attending weekday Masses and making
the Way of the Cross.
Sense of Incompl~teness
P
' h'lOners are fur't' her as ke d
ans
t b'
.
f th T.{ I W· k
0 rmg copies 0 . e rOY
ee
and Easter Week missalette to
shut·ins in order that they might
participate in the spirit of the
season. And they are reminded
that the closing song will be
omitted at Palm Sunday Masses
"in order to leave everyone with
a sense of incompleteness."
Foods such as meat, bread,
and eggs will be blessed on Holy
Saturday, announced the booklet, in order to underline parishioners' gratitude to God for these
items essential to physical life.

ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, ATTLEBORO
At the Easter vigil, gratitude
will' also be expressed for light,
as thos~ in attendance bring
from home the blessed candles
they received in February in
order to kindle them at the new
fire of Paschal time.
. On Easter Sunday the participation of parishioners in the
liturgy will include in the entrance process at Mass three
women 'bearing freshly cut flowers. They wm represent, the
women who came to the empty
tomb ·to seek Christ.
Throughout Lent, in addition
to services at St. Joseph's, parishioners have been encouraged to
attend ecumenical programs held
in other area. churches, while
events at St. Joseph's have been
highlighted by a parish retreat,
ending tomorrow. At 3:15 Monday 'through Thursday after·

·Catholic' Population
WASHINGTON (NC)-A colorcoded map Showing the Cath-:
olic percentage of the U. S. population 'by countries is now
available from the Publications
Office of the U. S. Catholic Con·
ference and the Glenmary Research Center. The 30·by-42-inch
map was drawn from the 1970
census and 1971 Church figures.
Also included is a ranking of the
50 states and the District of,
Columbia according to the Catholic percentage of their total
population.

noons of next week a special
Way of the Cross service will be
.held for children, to whioh all
other parishioners are a'lso invited.
Seder Service
Concluding the booklet is a
page suggesting prayers and ceremonies appropriate for a Lenten
family meal, modeled on the
Passover Seder supper of the
Jews. The themes of readings
chosen for the meal are that
Christians are "covenant people"
and should share a "covenant
love." ,
Easter Sunday, April 14, will
be marked for parishioners with
participation in a community
sunrise service at 6 A.M., ·folfollowed by the Masses of Easter.
Further symbolizing the resurrection will be baptismal services
scheduled for 1 o'clock Easter
Sunday afternoon.
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!HE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 21, 1974

'Great Gatsby' to Influence
Clot-hies, Interior Decor

Meets Crisis
Family Will Survive If It Fulfills
Destiny God Gave It

"Marilyn, your uncle's picture is in Time magazine,"
exclaimed Joe, excitedly, and thus we had our first brush
with "The Great Gatsby," the picture expected to influence
all aspects of fashion this year. My handsome uncle had been
accepted as an extra in the
movie this past summer celled waves into the heads of
when it was being filmed in the 1974 flappers.
Someone once said if you
nearby Newport. Tall and
graying just right, he was told,
for the part of one of the Jazz
Age participants, he spent a couple of tiring but interesting, eve111m

:llIIlllmlllllll 1111 III

MARILYN
RODERICK
I

wait long enough eve'rything will
come back into fashion and certainly this wHI be brought back
to us even more when we see
the era of the twenties recreated
both on the screen and in real
life.
Pocket Flasks?

By

"Ii' I

nings filming the party scene for
the movie based on F. Scott Fitzgera'ld's famous novel.
Gatsby Look
While it certainly will be more
fun viewing the movie now that
I have a personal interest in it,
everyone within the confines of
the United States will be aware
that 1974 is the year of Gatsby
(even if their relatives are not
in it). Not since "Gone With the
Wind" has a picture gotten a
bigger build-up or influenced
more things. Fashion designers
are jumping on the bandwagon
and by the end of this month
stores will be stocking the Gatsby Look.
From the tops of their cloche
hats, trimmed with a single cabbage rose, to the tips of their
satin T straps, girls will strive
to look like Daisy. Already the
shorter, softer hair-do is coming
into vogue and the "one step
ahead" appliance makers are
selling an item that looks, very
much like the old-fashioned
curling iron to set those mar-

Bus Aid for Nonpublic
School Pupils Favored
JEFFERSON CITY (NC) - A
bill which would give free bus
transportation
to
nonpublic
school students has been reported out of the Missouri Senate
Education Committee. In the
past the committee has been
termed a "graveyard" for bills
proposing any form of aid to
non-public schools.
The bill is the first such measure to come out of the committee since the 1954 Missouri Supreme Court decision which
blocked state aid for busing.
Louis DeFeo, general counsel for
the Misouri Catholic Conference,
said that the conference ,is opti-.
mistic that the bill will pass the
House and be signed by Gov.
Christopher Bond if it can survive the upcoming test' in the
Senate.
"There is a variety of things
that make the bill attractive,"
DeFeo said. "It increases the
safety factor for children ge~ting
to scho'ol and we have the energy factor going for us - it
saves gasoline to have children
going to school in a bus rather
than having their parents drive
them individually."

Now that men are part of the
fashion world they too will feel
the impact of Gatsby as they arc
urged to buy "ice cream white"
suits with matching vests, Vneck red and blue bordered
white tennis sweaters and
matching white flannel slacks.
Who knows, by next fall our
male population may even be
wearing raccoon coats complete
with pocket flasks. .

SCHOLARSHIP: New Bedford's Holy Family High
School senior Thomas J.
Hathaway has received'a 4
year full-tuition scholarship
from Stonehill College. Hathaway, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Photographed in soft pale Joseph W. Hathaway of 89
tones, with a great deal of emEllen St., New Bedford, is
phasis on white, the film may .
also
recipient ofa Letter of
even have an impact on the
colors we wear and use to dec- Commendation from the Naorate our houses. Look for hazy tional Merit Foundation.

shades of apricot, pale blue,
oyster white and the like in
dresses and shawls, and also
look for lots of marabou feathers.

Intellect

The intellect has been given
us as the appointed and natural
The twenties is an era that path on which to make our ap.
has brought inspiration to the proach to God.
people who create our clothing,
-Wyndham Lewis
and environment, and this year
this nostalgic time will have the
Great Gatsby added to it for
further incentive.

Announce G'rants
Of $40,000
MEMPHIS (NC)-The national
board of the Catholic Daughters
of America (CDA) at a meeting
here awarded about $40,000 in
grants to programs fn this country and abroad.
The largest grant of $17,000
was made for campus ministry
work and is being sent I~O Father
Laurence Murphy, director of
the division of higher education
of the U. S. Catholic Conference.
The 14-member board also
sent a $10,000 contribution to
the Vatican Congregation for the
Evangelization of. Peoples to be
used where needed most in the
Church's missionary work, especially in the field, of health.
The CDA board also appropriated $10,000 to build a clinic
and social center for mothers
and children in conjunction with
Catholic Relief Services, U. S.
Catholic overseas aid agency, in
the Amazon region of Brazil.
The board meeting also included a visit to St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., which
was given a $2,500 CDA grant
for biochemical research. CDA
board members also endOrsed a
drug education bill, sponsored
by Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N. Y.),
which would award about $90
million ,~o drug education programs over several years. The
Javits bill is pending in committee.

7

VATICAN CITY (NC)-The
The committee on the family,
family will survive only if it ful路 the paper said, "will hear a refills the destiny God gaye it, the port on the on-going inquiry of
president of the Vatican's Com- sex education being _conducted
mittee for the Family said March by certain departments."
9, the day the committee began
The account in L'Osservatore
its annual plenary session here.
Romano did not expound further
Canadian
Bishop
Edouard on the subject and did not idenGagnon, president of the corn- tify who is conducting the
mittee, which Pope Paul VI inquiry.
founded in 1973, said in an inter路
The Vatican newspaper identiview over Vatican Radio:
fied t.he following as "problem
"The family will survive only areas" to be discussed: marriage
on the condition that it knows preparation, birth control, aborand follows incessantly the ends tion and the World Population
.for which God constituted it."
Year.
The bishop added that the
committee on the family hopes
"to find the means of applying Papell Gift Aids Flood
the principles of faith and the Victims in Australia
IUJllinous teaching of the Church
BRISBANE (NC) - Pope Paul
on life and love to the new sitVI sent a donation of $5,000 for
uations in which the family finds
vic~ims of floods in the states
itself today."
'of Queensland and New South
As a result of the time, the
Wales.
bishop said, the family is upset,
In addition to the papal gift,
so much so that the family asks
if it "can overcome all its crises, Australian Catholic Relief (ACR)
if it has a reason for existence, has decided to send a second
if it is worth the trouble to con- $10,000 when it first received
tinue to promote fidelity, the news of the flood disaster.
A further $3,000 contribution
sense of obligation and the gift
to the flood appeal has been colof giving of self."
The Vatican daily newspaper, lected through the St. Vincent de
Paul Society conferences, and
L~Osservatore Romano, surprisingly announced March 7 the s-ecial appeals have been held
agenda in advance of the com- in many parishes.
mittee's meeting, March 9-13.
A total of $50,000 has been
Usually the agenda of upcoming sent to the flood appeal from offimeetings in the Vatican is kept cial Catholic sources throughout
confidential until after the ses- Australia, including the Pope's
sions.
contribution.

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Face.s Short~age
Of Pri·ests
LAGOS (NC) - The Nigerian
Bishops' Conference has appealed to the government to allow entry permits to foreign
priests because a shortage of
clergy in ,Nigeria has reached
"alarming proportions."
The plea was issued by the
hishops at the end of their assembly in Ibadan an::! was in
reply to a newspaper' editorial
that criticized what it called the
slow pace of repladng foreign
missionaries
with
Nigerian
priests.
The bishops noted in their
statement that they are not
aware of any official policy by
the Nigerian government that
would prevent entry of missionaries, but added that for the past
three years no priest seeking entry into Nigeria to assume pastoral, or religious duties has been
granted an entry permit.
After the 1967-'70 Nigerian
Civil war-in which the country's former Eastern region tried
unsuccessfully to secede as the
new nation of -Biafra.-some government officials charged that
some foreign missionaries had
supported the breakaway region.
The
missionaries,
however,
claimed that they had been giving only humanitarian aid to the
Biafrans.
The' bishops emphasized that
it has always been Church policy
to recruit as many Nigerian
young men for the priesthood as
possible.

New Editor
VANCOUVER (NC) - Gerald
Bartram has been :1amed editor
of the British Columbia Catholic,
official paper of the Vancouver
archdiocese, to replace Father
David Monroe. Bartram, a native
of the province of Ontario, recently returned from England,
where he was studying for a
doctorate in English literature.

Africanization of Church
MANZINI (NC)-Msgr. Mandlaenkosi Zwane, vicar general of'
the Manzini diocese, said that
the policy-making level of the
Catholic Church in southern
Africa isn't white, considering
that 80 per cent of its Catholics
are black.
The vicar -general, however,
said he does not believe in the
necessity for an immediate reversal of the situation.
He described himself as a "militant revolutionist," meaning
that, although he believes' the
situation must change radically,

Writes to Pope
From Prison
KINSHASHA (NC) - Imprisoned Archbishop Raymond-Marie
Tchidimbo of Conakry, Guinea,
was able"--to write a letter to
Pope Paul VI on the ,occasion of
the New Year, it was le~rned
here recently.
It was also learned that on
Christmas day three priests from
Cameroun were allowed to go
to Conakry to celebrate midnight
Mass in the cathedral, and that
four Guinean priests celebrateo
Christmas Masses in rural vil- .
lages.
Archbishop Tchidimbo was imprisoned early in 1971 in the
midst of pol tical trials in Guin'ea
that condemned 92 pers6ns to
death and 72 others to life imprisonment.
Archbishop Tchidimbo was
given a life sentence at hard labor on charges of conspiring
-with Portuguese colonialists to
overthrow the government of
President Sekou Toure.
Pope Paul denounced the trials
as a "passionate outburst of savage and blind revenge and a collective explosion of hatreq and
cruelty."

this should be done by evolution
and not by revolution. '
Msgr. Zwane said that a factor -in maintaining the white
domination is the reluctance of
blacks to join the priesthood.
This has resulted, he said, in
their scanty representation in
important policy-making' bodies,
such as the Priests' Council. And
in turn, he said, that' has
meant that the chances are much
less that a black priest will be
made a bishop.
Msgr. Zwane's view on "militant evolution" is not shared
by members of the St. Peter's
Old -Boys Association (SPOBA)
who believe in an immediate
change of the Church's predominantly -white structure in southern Africa. SPOBA members are
black alumni of South Africa's St.

Nuns Group Asks
Woman Diac:onate
SAN ANTONIO (NC) - The
diaconate for women and even-'
tual ordination of women priests
were among the recommendations made here by Sisters Uniting, a council of representatives
of national organizations of
American nuns.
Rights for women was one of
the topics under consideration
during the three-day winter
meeting of the council at the
Mexican American Cultural Center here (Jan. 18-20). The Sisters
'also discussed the. needs of
Spanish-speaking peoples in the
American Church and society.
As a result of. the meeting
Sisters Uniting drafted recommendations to be sent to Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti, president of the Pontifical Commission on Women in Church and
Society. These included: representation of women in all decision making bodies in the
Church.

Peter's seminary at Hammanskrall in the Pretoria archdiocese.
. Friction was evident in February at the annual South Africa
Priests' Council meeting at
which the SPOBA threatened to
break away and form its own
black council. The break was
averted when the Priests' Council allowed SPOBA to f{)l'm a
.consultative body.

Prelate Honored
NBW YORK (NC) - Msgr.
James F. Rigney, rector of St.
~atrick's Cathedral here, was one
of three non-Episcopal clergy
named .honorary canons of the
Episcopal Cathedral of St. John
the Divine. As head of the Ecumenical Commission of the archdiocese of New York, Msgr. Rigney has been instrumental in the
increasing collaboration of the
Episcopal diocese and the Catholic .archdiocese in local projects.

Social Just~ce
Stress Helps
1973 Appeal
WASHINGTON (NC) - The
Division for Latin America of the
U.S. Catholic Conference collected a record amount in 1973, despite warnings that its emphasis
on social justice would be disastrous for its fund-raising appeal.
Rather than hamper fund raising the new emphasis is the reason that the collection has topped
$1.5 million in the last two years,
according to Father Frederick
McGuire, DLA director.
Last year the fund-ra.ising appeal collected $1,558,371, Father
McGuire said in a report to the
U.S. bishops.
He noted that the amount of
the colle<:tion has increased
steadily in the last few years.
although the division hBts moved
away from the traditional approach to missionary appeals and
into strong emphasis on issues
such as human rights, social justice, and Christian liberation.
The DLA's 1972 collection
campaign touched off a controversy when it featured a shocking photo of the swollen, bloodstreaked face of a dead Brazilian
priest, with the headline over
the pi<:ture: "This priest was
murdered, martyred for liberation."
1974 Hopes
The 1972 collection' brought in
$I,508,161-almost a six per cent
increase' over the 1971 total of
$1,427,049.
·In 1973 the collection total increased another $50,000, as the
BLA continued to stress the
Church's role in justice and liberation, and Father McGuire said
he has high hopes for the 1974
campaign, although the totals for
that collection, taken up in late
January, are not in yet.
"We were told this kind of
fundraising would bankrupt us:'
he said. "But it showed that
Catholics in this country. are
willing to deal with issues."
In 1973 the brochure mailed
to pastors for the annual campaign included statements by
Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit
and Auxiliary Bishop Juan AI'zube of Los Angeles urging liberation from oppression as a fully
Christian and Catholic concern.

Study Prejudice
Among Irish
nUBLIN (NC) - A Ford Foundation grant of about $4,600 has
been awarded to a Jesuit Father
Michael MacGreil for his research on the nature of prejudice and intolerance among Irish
Catholics and Protestants.
Altogether the study will cost
nearly $30,000, and is supported
by the Catholic Communications
Institute of Ireland.
'Father MacGreil holds degrees
in sociology arid anthropology.
His study of the attitude of Catholic and ·Protestant adults in Ire·
land is expe<:ted to be completed
by the end of 1975.
He is expected to interview
3,000 persons in an effort to discover possible sources of prejudice.
Father MacGreil said he hopes
his findings will contribute to
a better understanding between
different groups in the country.
He said he has found already
that the vast majority of people
want greater harmony and
friendship in I~eland.

Unique Character of Catllolic Colleges
May Aid in Their Survival
In the current struggle for
survival among private institutions of higher education, Cath- .
olic colleges and universities
may have an edge in the competition if they realize their unique
moral character, according to
Rev. Ernest J. Bartell, Stonehill
College president.
Writing in the current issue
of the 'National Catholic Education
Association Newsletter,
Father Bartell stated that private
educational institutions of all
types will only overcome the
ominous difficulties of the declining numbers of college-bound
students and the stiffening competition from the public sector,
if they "differentiate their specific educational service from
the offerings of both public and
other private institutions."
"In prinCiple, Catholic colleges and universIties ought to
have a special advantage in this
competition:' stated Father Bartell, who has served as director
of economic analysis on non~ub­
lic education for the President's
Commission on School Finance.
"At a time when the need ,for
moral vision is increasingly being
acknowledged in a secular world'
and demanded by students on
secular campuses, the climate
ough~t to be right: for renewal
and reform of Catholic liberal
tradition in higher education."
Many Roadblocks
While there is a heightened
awareness of the need for a
Catholic education, the current
educational climate has thrown
moral and physical roadblocks
in the way of distinguishing the
character of a Catholic institution, noted the 41-year-old president.
Among the obstacles is the
pressure associated with federal

REV. ERNEST J. BARTELL

aid that prods a Catholic institution to downplay Us religious
character.
The authority on nonpublic
school financing dismissed as a
public relations device an attempt to shore up a Catholic
image by establishing religious
affiliation as a standard for faculty hiring and promotions. He
asserted that the pre'sence of
large numbers of Catholic faculty is a "poor index of ins.titutional Catholicity."
The following are some general observations by Father Bartell on the crisis in private education:
-The expansion of low-priced
public higher education is the
greatest single deterrent to
growth in private higher education.
-"Even in those eastern

Catholic Chaplain, at Canadian
College Adopts Five 'Children
MONTREAL (NC)-"Five children are enough," says Father
Andre Legault. "I've told my
friends I'm now on the pill---for
headaches, that is."
The priest, Catholic chaplain
at College Militaire Royal at
nearby St. Jean , has adopted
five Haitian youths.
When he adopted a 13-year,0Id
Haitian boy in 1969 many people
raised a quizzical eye.
But last year, when he had
four additional Haitian <!hildren
under his care, his friends inquired: "What's he going to do
with all of them?"
The 31-year-old Mentreal-born
priest-the first Catholic priest
in Canada to adopt children
legally-said he intends to raife
. them to eventually become
Christian leaders in their na.tive
poverty-stricken Haiti.
First to be adopted in 1969
was Denis, who is now 18 and
wants to become an officer in
' Canada's Armed Forces and later
director of protective services in
his homeland.
The following year, Father Legault adopted Denis' seven-yearold brother, Hughes, who wants
to stuay for the pr:esth00d and
retuTll to Haiti.
Because of the age gr.p between the two brothers, Gabriel,
no relation to the othe:: boys,
was adopted in 1971. Gabriel

wants to study medicine and become a physician to compete
against witch-doctors back home.
Things progressed well and the
boys appeared happy in their
n~wly adopted home. Only one
thing was missing-the kindness
and sympathy of a female in the
household.
From Broken Homes
This called for a meeting and
the boys agreed that "Papa
Andre" should adopt Yolene, 1·1,
ii sister of Denis and Hughes.
This little girl who is an excellent cook, wants to become a
nurse.
One little girl alone in a hous:lhold of four males hardly seemed
fair and Margareth, 12, Yolene's
sister, joined Father ~egault's
unusual family last year. She
wants to be a nun.
Father Legault, who holds the
rank of captain, has converted
his bachelor apartment next to
the Catholic chapel at the military college into a compact fam·
ily home. The girls occupy his
old bedroom, the boys sleep in
the sacristy and Father Legault
sleeps in his office.
The young priest, who is experiencing all the worries of a
family man, first met the children, all from broken homes,
when he spent a year in Haiti to
set up an educational radio station and look after an orphanage.

states like Massachusetts and
New York traditionally noted for
their extensive collections of private colleges and universities,
the public sector in higher education dur'ing the past decade
has grown rapidly and with little reference to the private resources already committed to
the same endeavors."
Greatest Hope
-Smaller' institutions offering
a relatively specialized education
that is not easily duplicated in
larger more politically vulnerable
publ'ic institutions have the
greatest position for the future.
Father Bartell, who prior to
being named Stonehill president
in 1971 served as director of the
Center for Study of Man in Contemporary Society at the University of Notre Dame, has done
extensive research into the economics of America's education
system.
Among his published works,
are "Economic Problems of Nonpublic Schools", "Costs and
Benefits of Catholic Elementary
and Secondary Schools", and
"Public Funding of Parochial
Schools: Pros and Cons."

Birthrate Falls
To Lowest Level
LONDON (NC) Britain's
birth-rate has fallen to the lowest level on record, according to
the latest statistics issued officially by the Registrar General.
, The size of the average family
has fallen- to 2.05 children, which
is well below what many say is
needed for long-term population
replacement and even lower than
the depression period of the
1930s.
Births in England and Wales
over the past two years fell by
15 per cent. There were 109,000
fewer babies born last year than
in 1971. And with fewer girls
being born for the first time' the
future generation will have an
additional problem.
All this will not surprise those
who have seen all the signs of a
crisis far removed from any
"population explosion" in this
country, said the Universe, a
Catholic weekly. But, the Universe said, it is hardly likely to
influence "the mindless family
planners who seem to be rushing
into a brick wall of their, own
making."

THE ANCHORThurs., Mar. 21, 1974

9

Christian Art
Museum Planned
NEW YOR'K (NC)-Planrt'or
a museum of Christian art
named for a Franciscan artist
and architect were announced
here by the Society for the Renewal of Christian Art.
Maurice Lavanoux, president
of the society, said
loan of
$100,000 has been secured to
purchase property on Madison
Avenue, in the heart of the art
gallery area of Manhattan for
the museum. It will be called the
Brother Cajetan, O.F.M., Museum
or Christian Art, in memory of a
German-born Franciscan New
York architect 'who designed
many churches, convents, retreat
houses and se,minaries before his
death in 1969.
The museum will exhibit contemporary Christian art and arrange loan exhibitions for interested dioceses throughout the
United States. It will also include
an art library listing important
religious works and artists
throughout the country.
The announcement by the society, which includes both Catholic and Protestant leaders and
noted religious art experts
among its trustees and officers,
set no opening date for the
museum.

a

Pope Praises Work
Of Bible Scholars
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Scripture scholars can advance the
missionary and e<:umenical desires of the Church by their
work, Pope Paul VI told the
Pontifical Biblical Commission
March 14.
They Can also, he said, give the
moral theologian an insight into
man's nature and weakness.
"Without a clear biblical foundation, moral theology risks drying itself up in philosophical theorizing and becoming a stranger
to man in his tangible, historic
reality as a creature of God,
wounded by sin but saved in
Christ, who bestowed on him His
spirit of love and liberty," the
Pope said.
"The Bible scholar is called
to render a similar service to the
<;!cumenical and missionary task
of the Church."

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THE ANCHC)R-

Thurs., Mal'. 21, 1974

New York -rimes
Lauds Renewal
Of Papacy

-'-

The
Parish :Parade

Archbishop Martin O'Connor Marks
50th Anniversar,'of Priesthood

VATICAN CITY (NC) -, An
American bishop from Scranton,
Pa., who has left his inar~ on
NEW YORK (NC) - The New - Rome and'the Vatican's relat,ions
York Times had 'high praise for with the world's communications
the national dialogue between media celebrated his 50th year
Lutheran and Catholic theologias a priest March 15 in the quiet
ans in this country and for the of his apartment across the street
renewal of the papacy that from the Vatican.
'
helped _make their latest agreeArchbishop Martin J: O'Conment possible.
nor has probably held more; im-,
;In a March 6 editorial com- portant administrative posts in
mtmting on the theologiaqs' Rome and at the Vatican than
agreement that a renewed papa- any other single American. He
cy need not be a barrier to rec- can look back over a career: and
onciliation between Catholics and vocation that called on him in
Lutherans, _the Times said the Rome to serve both the Ch'!lrch
good will and patient hard work in the United States and three
of the theologians "may serve successive Popes. The now, reas a model for the secular human tired archbishop personifies a
society, which after several thou- long enduring link betweeni the
sand years of civilization is still United States and the Universal
groping for a genuine human Church.
community."
Always a' dignified man, the
At the same time the Times 73-year-old archbishop smiled "s,
praised the reform of the papacy he spoke of the toll that I the
siIlce the Second Vatican Council years have taken-to say nothing
and expressed the hope that a of the pains of old age--and ,said
continued renewal might help re- wryly: "You 'know, there are
solve the ecumenical barrier of three ages of man: boyhood,
papal infallibility.
manhood, and 'my, aren't ,you.
"A monar'chial autocracy, no looking fine.' "
matter how benevolent, would be
Editor of Weekly
a high barrier to .reconciliation
Father Martin O'Connor came
between Rome and other Chris- to Rome first as a theology stutian churches," the Times said, dent from Scranton in 1925,and
left four years later with degrees
For All Chw~ches
in theology and canon law. '
"The papacy has already
Returning to Scranton,! he
shown an impressive capacity for served in _various, diocesan" asself-renewal and self-reform; it signments, including a four-year'
is a quite different institution stint as editor of the Scranton
than the one against which Mar- diocesan weekly, the Catholic
tin Luther revolted 400 years ago Light. Then, in 1943, he .was
01' even the one over which Pius
named auxiliary bishop of ScranIX presided a century ago, The ton, where he remained ~ntil
latest Catholic:Lutheran state- 1946, when he was choseq by
ment of consensus on the papa- the American bishops to reopen
cy's role shows that measurable the Pontifical North American
progress is being made tow~rd College in post-war Rome.
that day when the unity of ChrisThe 11th rector of the college'
tendom is restored and the Pope since it was founded in 1859, the
presides ,over an, enlarged com- then Bishop O'Connor found his
munity of 'sister churches.'''
college a shambles. The old premThe Lutheran and Catholic te- ises had been abandoned ,at the
ologians said, in a common state- outbreak of World War II in
ment released Mar'ch 4 after 1940 and subsequently had been
three years of dialogue, that a occupied ,by scores of war refu- "
renewed papacy could serve a gees. It took two years to clean
"unifying and ordering ministry" up the 'buildings on Via Uniilita
for all Christian churches. They (Humility Street) so that it eQuId
have just begun to tackle the welcome its first class of postmuch more difficult issue of war seminarians in the fall of
papal inJallibility, which was de- 1949.
fined as 'a Catholie dogma in
But even before the old prem1870.
ises were reconditioned,. Bishop
O'Connor had begun a new' and
ambitious project. On Oct.: 18,
Start New Tf~rm
1948, he broke ground on: the
Ja'niculum Hill overlooking I the
In' High Spirits
ST. LOUIS (NC) - Over 380 Vatican for a new and much
students of Concordia Seminary's larger college to house the 'U.S.
seminarians.
"school in exile" signed up for
Pope Pius XII personally deditheir spring quarter here, bolcated
the new building in Octo.
stered by messages of support
bel' 1953.
,!
from theological schools around
Active
Role
the country.
The building stands today as
Among the support statements, a tribute to the driving efforts
- for the Lutheran students was of the' young bishop during! the
one from faculty members of the critical labor shortages of postschool of theology of Notre war Rome. A little known ,fact
Dame, Ind.
is that to raise the money needed
By'contrast, the "regular" Con- for restoring the old college-cordia Seminary enrolled only which became the residence of
80 students.
graduate student priests - ' and
In January the vast majority, construction of the new college,
of the faculty and students at Bishop O'Connor was constantly
Concordia, the Lutheran Church- on the go. As he told one visitor:
Missouri 'Synod's principal sem- "I had to live out of suitdises
inary, went on strike after Con- in trains and on ships and I aircordia's px:esident, Dr.' John planes for the first five years of
T,ietjen, was suspended by the my rectorship."
synod's controlling conservative
But the result was that, the
faction in a dispute over the in- entire program was compl;eted
at a cost of $4.5 million with no
terpretation of Scripture.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,
HYANNIS
.
The regular meeting of the
Parish Guild will take place this
evening at 7 with a Mass at the
. Church, 'followed at 8 with a
demonstration in the Parish
Center of meat cutting. Refreshments will be served.
The Guild is again offering
two $500 scholarship grants to
qualified seniors of Barnstable
High School and Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. Students who must be members of
the Parish, must-be accepted at
accredited two or four-year
colleges. Further information
may be obtained at guidance
offices or from Mrs. Paul Dumont,
scholarship chairman.
NOTRE DAME,
FALL RIVER
The Council of Catholic Women
is sponsoring a public lecture
on the late Padre Pio, Capuchin
stigmatic, at 8 P.M. on Monday,
March 25, at Jesus-Marie Auditorium. Speaker will be Albert De
P,ippo of Providence who knew
Padre Pio personally. Mrs. Albert
.
Petit is chairman.

ARCHBISHOP MARTIN O'CONNOR
debt. Even as all this was going out to be another career in itself
on, Bishop O'Connor was called , and the beginning of what has
on to take an- active role in the become the Pontifical CommisVatican. An assistant of Pope sion for Social Communications,
R,ius XII, Msgr. Giovanni Bat- dealing with movies, radio, teletista Montini-today Pope Paul vision and the press. It was a
VI-asked him to form a com- career that was to last until his
mission for religious and educa- retirement from the commission
tional films in 1948. That turned in 1971.

Progress Towards Church Unity
Cited- by j~rchbishop Baum
CHARLESTON (NC) - The this country as "an important
past year has been one of signifi- event in the history of the ecucant progress in the ecumenical menical movement."
movement - locally, nationally
and internationally--according to , There are ,two especially sigArchbishop William W. Baum, nificant dimensions to that rechairman of the U.S. Bishops' port, he said: an enriched vision
Committee for Ecumenical and of unity "beyond that expressed
in earlier key agreements on the
Interreligious Affairs (BCE'IA)..
doctrine of the Eucharist and the
There is a great hope for the nature of the ordained ministry,"
future of ecumenism but a strong and "evidence of a deep change
need to tackle specific .issues of attitude, one could say change
such' as episcopal minis.try, of heart, in this doc\lment."
church. authority and .moral .
"There is no longer indifferproblems, the archbishop said.
ence
or hesitation but a sense of
He was summarizing the prese~t status and future possibilities great mutual responsibility' 'on
of ecumenism during a Catholic the part of the Lutherans and
denominational meeting 'the first Catholics to work for the renewday of a three-day National al of the papacy in i~s service to
Workshop for Christian Unity the unity of the whole Church,"
the archbishop said.
here March 10-12.
The annual national workshop,
On the local level, he said, "one
which began under Catholic aus- 'of the ,most promising developpices 10 years ago and was ments in the ecumenical movejoined 'by Protestant sponsors ment in the United States is the
seven years ago, drew 400 partic- growing 'covenant relationships'
ipants from over a dozen faiths that are developing in various
this year. It was the first meeting sectors of the nation."
held in the South and the first
jointly hosted by Catholics and
Protestants-the two Episcopal
dioceses of South Carolina joined
the Catholic diocese of CharlesAluminum or Steel
ton in hosting the, group.
944 County Street
Archbishop Baurn cited the
NEW
BEDFORD, MASS:
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on ministry as one of the most
significant international ecumenical events in the past year.
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HOLY REDEEMER,
CHATHAM
The Guild will hold an Evening of Recollection on Tuesday,
March 26, at 8 P.M. Rev. Thomas
Grannell, SS.CC., will conduct
. the program' of spiritual reinforcement speaking on "The
Catholic Woman: Model of the
Church and Model for the
Church." Guild members and all
women parishioners are inv,ited
to participate' in the program,
which will be held in the Catechetical Center on Highland Ave'nue, adjacent to the C~urch.
For additional information, call
Mrs. Andrew Mikita, president,
at 945-0613.

Father Richard Humphrys, pastor of Our Lady of
Soledad Church in Coachella, Cal., recently issued a personal report on the farm labor problem in the particular
valley in which his parish is located. Copies can be obtained
by writing directly to Father
Humphrys, 52-525 Oasis afraid Mr. Fitzsimmons will be
disappointed by. our findings.
Palm, Coachella, Cal. 92236. We
found that some workers
Father Humphrys' report is favor the Teamsters over the

based on his own investigation
of the three-way conflict (betweeen the United Farm Workers
on the one hand and the Team-

By
MSGR.
GEORGE G.
HIGGINS
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sters and the majority of the
California growers on the other)
which led to a major strike in
the Coachella Valley last spring
and will probably lead to another
strike as soon as the crop comes
in again this year.
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I found the report heavily
slanted against the UFW and in
favor of the Teamsters. In other
words, though Father Humphrys
says that "to come out in favor
of either union is a tremendous
mistake" and insists that "we
should be fair to both unions,"
he ends up-perhaps unwittingly
-disregarding his own advice in
this regarp. I might add that my
somewhat negative reaction to
his report is shared by a number
of other Protestant and Catholic clergymen who heard Father
Humphrys summarize his findings in person when he was
kind enough to receive us at his
rectory in Coachella several
weeks ago.
This group of clergymen from
Canada, with whom I was traveling as a consultant, spent a
week in California making their
own investigation of the farm
labor problem and, more specifically, of the dispute between
the UFW and the Teamsters. The
president of the Teamsters,
Frank Fitzsimmons, who was in
California just before we arrived,
alluded to our trip in the course
of a wide-ranging interview on
the farm labor problem with
Dick Lyneis, the highly respected
labor reporter for the Riverside
(Cal.) Press Enterprise.
Workers' Attitude
Fitzsimmons told Mr. Lyneis
during an interview that: he felt
it quite proper 'for clergymen to
make a study. One group tried
to do exactly that, but I am

Group Aids Drought
Victims in Afric:a
MONTREAL (NC)-The Canadian Catholic Organization for
Development and Peace (CCODP)
has allocated $205,000 for emergency relief and medium and
long term development to the
drought-stricken Sahelian. region
of Africa.
That bring the total CCODP
relief funds in the water-starved
countries of Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper
Volta and Ethiapia to $400,000.

AUSTRALIA'S SINGING NUN: Sister Janet Mead, whose Our Father record lias
become a hit in the United States, talks with some of her students at St. Aloysius College
in Adelaide, South Australia. Sister Janet, 36, says she is unconcerned about the success
of her record, but is impressed with the number of young people who have come to a
youth Mass in St. Francis Xavier Cathedral adjacent to the college. NC Photo.

Pastors, Homeowners Protest Fuel Prices
CHICAGO (NC)-"The Blackstone Rangers have never closed
down our school or even threatened to do s'o, but the oil gang
has threatened to dose us down,"
proclaimed the pastor of a suburban Chicago parish.
During a meeting. of Clergy
and' Householders Opposed to
Petroleum Profiteering (OHOPP)
here, Father James Mollohan
noted that high fuel prices were
more of a threat to his par·ish
than the notorious street gang.
More than 800 people attended
a meeting of CHOPP to discuss
a proposal calling for a roll back
in fuel prices. It was the first
meeting' of CHOPP open to the
public.
Sixteen congressmen and senators were invited to the meeting
to discuss the high cost of fuel,

but none showed up. Father Mollohan said he "can't understand
why 16 men in Congress don't
have time for such a tame group
as a bunch of middle-aged pastors and homeowners."

away. at. all of the rotten corporate and government structures
whO are responsible."

Sister Joanne Grib, principal
of Lourdes High School, claimed
the school's oil bills have tripled.
"The oil companies are taking
my money to build a bigger and
better Ringling Brothers Circus,"
she said in a reference to the recent announcement that Gulf
Oil was investing in the circus.

HI."

"We need another circus," she
added, "like we need World War
Referring to the country as "a
nation adrift" in a leadership
"vacuum," Father Janiak declared that the oil companies
have moved into the White
House "without benefit of election."
Accompanied by cheers, Father
Janiak said that CHOPP would
organize a "massive army of
people to pressure the powers
that be to bring us to victory."
After reading some statistics,
on the price hikes, he added,
"We've had our bellies full of it,
and we refuse to take it any
longer."

Charges Gouging
Father Anthony JanIak, temporary chairman of CHOPP,
charged that the people of the
U. S. are "victims of exploitation,
unmercifully gouged by oil companies,'! who seek bigger profits.
CHOPP, he stated, will "chop

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall RJver:"'-Thurs. Mar. 21, 1974,

The Parish Parade
Publicity chairmen of parish organlzatiolls
ire asked to submit news items for this
column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 1, Fall
River 02122. Name of city or town should
be Included, as well as full dates 01 all
activities. Please send news of luture rather
than past events..

Histo'ric:al Novel Portrays
Life of Queen Isabella
One of the great women in the. history of the Western
world is Isabella I,. Queen of Castile from 1474 to 1504, and
wife of Ferdinand II, King of Aragon. She has never had
the recognition she deserves, probably because history as
taught in our schools has al-\
did extraordinary things
ways slighted Spain and the forThey
Spain. It h.ad been occupied
Spaniards. An opportunity to for 'centuries by the Moors, and
make h~r acquaintance easily the reconquest had been slow
is provided by Norah Loft's
historical novel Crown of Aloes
(Doubleday, 277 Park Ave., New
York, N.Y. 10017. $6.95), which

and costly. The Moors were stilI
firmly established in the South,
at Granada. Ferdinand and Isabella, in a campaign lasting 10
years, ousted them.
They had ,then to carry out
the difficult task of pacifying the
country which was in chaotic
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condition as a result of the long
occupation. Thus, they had to
RT. REV.
set up a uniform coinage. They
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had to see to an improvement in
the
administration of just1ice.
JOHN S.
And so on.
KENNEDY
Joins the Troops
In all this, Isabella played an
active role. She girded on armor
lIWt!WilllIW!%'*'-wmm
and joined the troops in the war
is a fictionalized version of Isa- against the Moors. She traveled
bella's life. Miss Lofts does no about hearing the legal claims of
violence to fact, but she does her subjects. A queen in her own
embellish it with conversation right, she did not transfer her
and thought processes of which, obligations to Ferdinand, btit fulof course, there is no record.
filled them herself.
This is only one of many hisMistakes were made during
torkal novels from Miss Lofts' her reign. One was the unleashpen and ·it comes up to the exact- ing of the Inquisition upon Spain.
ing standard which she has long' This she resisted, foreseeing that
observed. Her work is based on there would be excesses in the
careful research. There is no ar- name of the true faith. She was
bitrarv invention and no roman- persuaded, aga'inst her better
ticlzi~g. The writing is literate judgment, that her duty to the
and often sparkling. And one Church required her assent to
feels that one has been helped the introduction of the Inquisito understand better whatever tion.
jjistorical character Mi?s Lofts is
She also doubted the rightness
porLraying. In her hands, they and the wisdom of expelling the
are believably human.
.
Orthodox Jews from the realm.
Unusual Form
Again, she allowed herself to be
The form of the present novel overborne in this. It remains as a
is somewhat unusual. It begins blot on her name, but Miss· Lofts
with Isabella on her deathbed in indieates the misgiving with
1504. Indeed, she has been pro· which the queen regarded this
nounced dead by those standing measure..
If there is one thing about her
about. But although her vital
signs have ceased, she is stilI lin- which everyone knows, it is her
gering, and as she does so, her. patronage of Christopher Colummind goes back over her life. Her bus, which enabled him to make
review of ,it is given in a first his voyage of discovery in 1492
and others thereafter. This, inevperson narrative.
When Isabella was born in itably, figures in Miss Lofts'
1451, her twice-married father story, but is is not overplayed.Of Isabella's children, :some
was king of Castile. He died
when she was three years old. died young, others were of conand was succeeded by Isabella's . sequence in history. The best
half brother, Henry. Isabella, her known is Katharine of Aragon,
mother, and her younger brother the first wife Qf Henry VIII, who,
Alfonso were banished from the in the course of. divorcing her,
began the breaking away of the
court.
When she was 11 she and Al- English Church from Rome. Anfonso were brought back to court, other daughter Juana (deservedprobably so that a closer watch ly known as "the mad") was the
could be kept on them. Henry mother of Emperor Charl~s V,'
had no children; his queen !lad a principal figure in the historic
borne a daughter, Joanna, but it doings of the sixteenth century.
was strongly suspected that 'this
The author manages to take
child was not the king's. Since' us back into a century now rethere was a cloud on Joanna's mote, ·into surroundings and cusright to succeed Henry, Alfonso toms strange to us, into the lives
and Isabella could be regarded of people with an outl.ook in
as legitimate heirs to the throne, many ways different' from ours.
She helps us to comprehend
hence a d~nger.
.them and to sympathize with
'Catholic Kings'
In fact, an attempt was made them. She rekindles the drama: in
to procla'im Alfonso king, but-he the careers of men and women
died in his teens. Isabella still in known to us as hardly more than·
he: teens, was married to Fer- stiff figures in old pictures.
.Short Stories
dinand, heir to the throne of Aragon. Upon Henry's death in 1474,
Louis Auchincloss' new book
Isabella becl'!me queen of Castile. The Partners (Houghton Mifflin,
With Ferdinand she shared the 2 Park St., Boston, Mass. 02107.
distinctive title of "the Catholic $6.95) is styled "a novel," but is
Kings."
in fact a set of closely related

WIN S SCHOLARSHIP:
Donna Sullivan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan, Tiverton, R.I., a senior
at .Bishop Gerrard "High
School, Fall River, is the winner of a $1,200 full tuition
scholarship to Kinyon-Camp.bell Business School, New
Bedford. She will major in
junior accounting.

ST. JOSEPH,
ATTLEBORO
A mission, in progress all this
week, will conclude tomorrow at
7 P.M. with Mass and an instruction.
Following tonight's mission
service a rehearsal for a forthcoming parish variety show will
be -held in the school building.
Cub Scouts of the parish are
selling candy following all
Masses this weekend. Proceeds
will defray the cost of pack
activities.
A CCD teachers' meeting will
be held at St. John's School at
6:30 P.M. Sunday, Maroh ·24.
SS. PETER AND PAUL,
FALL RIVER
The Women's Club will hold
a public whist party at 8 P.M.
Monday, March 25 in the school
basement, 240 Dover St.. Mrs.
Edward D. Tyrrell and Mrs. Edward F. Kelly are chairmen.

ST. MARY,
NEW BEDFORD
Tomorrow's speaker in a Lenten series sponsored at 7:30 each
Friday night by the parish will
be Rev. Richard Beaulieu, chaplain of Coyle-Cassidy High
School, Taunton. His topic will
be "What Is Happening to Our
Young People?" It will be delivered as a homily at Mass celebrated in the church and will
be followed by a question period
and social hour in the parish
school.
...
ST. HEDWIG,
NEW BEDFORD
To help foster the Lenten spirit of personal conversion and
spiritual renewal, parish members of the Franciscan Tertiaries
will sponsor an afternoon of recollection open to all from 2:30
to 5:30 P.M. Sunday, March 24,
in the parish complex on Division Street. Father Nicholas,
O.F.M. Conv. will speak on "The
Coming Holy Year: Renewal and
Reconciliation."
ST. ANNE,
NEW BEDFORD
A family Mass will be .celebrated at 5 P.M. Sunday, March
24 with the theme of "Reconcilil;ltion." Various symbols expressing the theme will be used
in the course of the liturgy and
slides will be shown during the
post-Communion meditation period. Coffee and other refreshmentswill be served in the
school hall following the Mass.
HOLY NAME,
FALL RIVER
"Project Leisure" members will
meet 'from 2 to 4 Thursday afternoon, March 28 in' the school
hall. John McAvoy will speak
and a coffee hour will follow his
address.
Teenagers are invited to attend' a drop-in center f,rom 7:30
to 9 P.M. each Monday in the
hall.
A rummage sale and flea market are slated for 10' A.M. to 6
P.M. this Saturday in the hall.
Donations may be left at the hall
this week.
Parish Girl Scouts will hold a
party from 6:45 to 9 P.M. Saturday, March 23 at the Boys' Club.
A two-week parish renewal
program conducted by the Montfort Fathers will begin Monday
and continue through Friday,
April 5. A Mass with homily will
be celebrated at 11:50 A.M., 5:15
P.M. and 7:30 P.M. each day,
and confessions will be heard at
each of these times.

OUR LADY OF THE ISLE,
NANTUCKET
MADRID (NC) -- Church-state
The Women's Guild will spontension in Spain, caused by Bil- sor a ham and bean supper from
bao's Bishop Antonio Anoveros' 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. Saturday,
support of greater Basque auton- March 23 in the church hall.
omy appeared to be easing in the- Tickets ar.e available from guild
wake of a statment by the per- members' or may be reserved by
manent commission of the Span· calling 228-1792 or 228·2201. The
ish Bishops' Conference. The public is invited.
statement supported Bishop Ana- NOTRE DAME,
veros' right to speak out on FALL RIVER
matters of justice but added his
Continuing observance of the
cr.iticism had not been intended parish's centennial year, a pentQ harm national unity. The gov- ance service was held last night
ernment unofficially termed the in the upper churCh, with the
commission's statement con- opportunity afforded to First
ciliatory.
Communicants and to adults to
approach the sacrament" of penance. A homily on the theme of
short stories about members of communal repentance for sin
a Wall Street law firm.
was preached by Rev. John R.
The firm represents, in more Foister, former Notre Dame
ways than one, the "old New curate, now assigned to St. Louis
York" of which Mr. Auchincloss Church, Fall River. Many area
has written in a number of pre- priests were available for indivious books. This' "old New vidual confessions and imparting
York" was aristocratic and mon- of absolution, and general peneyed long before the Astors, the itential prayers were recited by
Vanderbilts, the Rockefellers.
all.
An adult examination of con-But it is not above resort to
. tricks and doges to escape taxa- science was based on the Beatition, for instance, and .jt is not so tudes, while that for children
high-minded that it refuses to built on the thought that Christ
take advantage of injustice just is the light of. the world and
because it may not be illegal. It wrongdoing acts to impede that
wants its lawyers to get it the light. Symbolizing the power of
full benefit of every possible repentance to strengthen Christ's
light, the children lit candles
loophole and technicality.
following the service. The conBasis for Stories
gregation also joined -in folk
BEFORE YOU
The firm has several depart- hymns.
BUY -TRY
ments, each headed by a special- HOLY FAMILY,
ist. One man is expert in tax law, TAUNTON
A Spring dance wiil be sponanother in contracts, another in
divorce aoNons and settlements, sored tomorrow night at Roseanother in estate work, another land Ballroom by the Holy Name
in real estate, another in litigat- Society, with music by Bebe's
OLDSMOBILE
ing. And examples of each sort Musical Tops. A few tickets are
67 Middle Street, Fairhaven
of work with its peculiar prob- still available.
lems and its opportunities for OUR LADY OF VICTORY,
fast footwork, provide the basis CENTERVILLE
for the several stories.
A covered dish supper followed
This book is not Mr. Auchin- by a showing of Irish slides ,
closs at his best. It has a slack, marked the March meeting of
scrappy character. A few of the Our Lady of Victory Guild. An
pieces have pith, tension, and explanation of "Operation Idenpoint. But they are offset by tification" was given by Officer
others which strike one as con- Donald Roycroft of the Barntrived, sluggish, and, in sum, stable Pqlice Department.
insignificant. There is some at/'>. benefit auction is planned
tempted spicing by means of ir- for Saturday, May 25 in the
~elevant de'bours through the
church hall, with the Association
The Falmouth Natioll1al Bank
~ALMOUTH_ MASS
sex lives of some of the lawyers for the Retarded in charge of
Bv +hp. \lillue Cree" Since 1821
and clients.
arrangements.

Tension Easing

PARK

MOTORS

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 21,1974

13

KNOW YOUR FAITH
Political Life of the Christian Series

II

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Good and Bad Celebrations

Father Nicholas Weber is a 34year-old, bearded, balding Jesuit
who travels around the country
with his own Royal Lichenstein
Circus. He performs as a clown,
walks on tight rope dressed like
a gorilla and in doing such things
blends his two great loves: the
circus and religion,

By

FR. JOSEPH M. :
CHAMPLIN

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But Weber can also speak eloquently about the role of a celebrant in the liturgy. His lengthy,
animated remarks on that subject to 350 participants at the
national convention of Diocesan
Liturgical Commissions in Oklahoma City brought a standing
ovation from this highly critic~l
audience. It was the finest lecture I have heard in a decade.
The Jesuit ma'intains that the
priest leader of worship determines more than any other
human factor how effective or
'ineffective, how good or bad a
liturgical celebration will be. The
celebrant, for better or for
worse, sets a tone, creates the
climate and establishes a spirit
that carries throughout the
entire service.
Now that the revised order of
WORK OF ART: These are the remains of a Roman aqueduct which carried water from Mass
has been in use for sevthe north to Caesarea. Recent excavations ha ve uncovered a stone bearing the inscription er,al years and most priests have
of Pontius Pilate, the only archeological evidence of his procuratorship. NC Photo.
heard about the new presidential
style needed, it might be helpOne of the most important .
A great city in the Hellenistic. B.C., and it was at Caesarea ful to draw up something of a
events in the early Church was style was built by Herod with three years later that Vespasian check list.
Celebrants through this might
the baptism of Cornelius the many public buildings including was proclaimed emperor.
The town's continued impor- evaluate their own performances;
Centurian by Peter (Acts 10:44- an amphitheater enclosing an
48). Often referred to as the area larger than' the Colosseum tance to the early Church is parishioners may wish to match
Pentecost of the Gentiles, the of Rome. It took 12 years to evidenced by the fact that Ori- what follows with the sights and
event's significance lies in the build the city. When it was com- gen, one of the greatest of the sounds they experience each
fact that it settled by divine in- pleted it was named in honor of early theologians, taught at Sunday.
* Is there a dignified procestervention the question of Augustus Caesar who had given Caesarea and was ordained there.
sion down the main aisle from
whether or not uncircumcised the original city to Herod. About
Influence D~c1ines
10 years before the Christian era
Gentiles could be baptized.
In 195 A.D" St. Iraneaus pre- the back or a quick, short enit became the administrative sided at a council held in the trance from a sacristy behind
headquarters for the Roman city that determined that Easter the altar?
* Does the priest make a full,
procurators and administrative must be held on a Sunday. The
officers in Palestine.
historian, Eusebius, was Arch- careful' sign of the cross or a
By
P~ilip he Deacon evangelized
bishop of Caesarea from about truncated, sloppy version of that
the city when he preached along 314 to 318. The city's influence sacred gesture?
STEVE
the Plain of Sharon (Acts 8:40). declined in 451 when the CounAltar Book
Philip apparently remained in cil of Chalcedon raised Jerusalem
*
Are hands extended, voice
LANDREGAN
the city because Paul visited his . to the dignity of a Patriarchate. warm and eyes all embracing
house there on his last journey The Christian community in Cae- when the priest give's the initial
to Jerusalem (Acts 21:8).
sarea finally disappeared when greeting or are the hands joined,
~,~[I!m!!
the Moslems captured the town face downcast, and words mumJewish Revolt
Cornelius, we are told in Acts,
Paul was no stranger to Caesa- in 640.
bled?
belonged to a regiment sta- rea since he passed thrbugh the
During the Crusader period,
tioned at Caesarea, a Roman port at least twice (Acts 9:30, the city was retaken in 1104, fell
city in Palestine that was des- 18:22) and was sent there to pro- again to.Saladin in U8?, was reConsiderable other archeologtined to play a continuing role tect him from an assassination taken again in 1191 by the Cru- ical work has partially restored
in the history of the Church.
plot (Acts 23:23ff). He remained saders and finally fell to the a Roman theatre and hippoOriginally the site on the Lev- two years as a prisoner under Moslems in 1291, when it was drome, ruins of the Crusaders'
cathedral and other antiquities.
antine coast between Joppa and the procurators Felix and Festus. totally destroyed.
Recent archaeological excavaWhen the city was captured
Mount Carmel had been known Here it was that he defended
as Stratonos Pyrogs or Straton's himself before the High Priest tions have uncovered a stone by the Crusaders in 1104, an
Tower, probably founded by Ananias (Acts 24:lff) and before with the carved name of Pontius ancient bowl, believed at the
Statron, King of Sidon. In 25, Herod Agrippa (Acts 26:lff). Pilate. It is the only archeolog- time to be the Holy Grail was
B.C., Herod the Great trans- After his appeal to the emperor, ical evidence of his procurator- discovered by Genoese soldiers.
formed the tiny city into a sea- Paul sailed for Rome from ship. Portions of the Roman Known as the Sacra Catino, the
aqueduct still remain ,and some relic is kept in the treasury of
port by the erection of seawalls Caesarea.
The town saw the first inci- of the Crusader fortifications the Cathedral of San Lorenzo
200 feet wide in 20 fathoms of
in Genoa.
dents of the Jewish revolt in 66 have been uncovered.
water.

* Does the priest use a substantial, dignified altar book for
the Mass prayers or does he
carry around and read from a
small, hand booklet or missalette?
* Is it always the same greeting, invitation to reflect upon our
sins 'and pentential riie or are
they varied, even oreative?
* How long does he celebrant
pause for the congregation to
think of its sins-a few, perfunctory seconds or a sufficiently
long period?
* What about the silent pause
after "Let us pray." Too brief
for intense, quiet personal prayer
or just about right?
* Do lectors and gospel reader wait until the congregation
has settled into position before
starting the proclamation of
God's word?
* Is there a pause for reflection after the readings and the
homily?
* Does the celebrant sit down
and wa'it for the collection to
be taken or move on with the
preparation of gifts at the altar
while the basket is passed?
Mass Announcements

*

Are there carefully prepared
introductions to the scriptural
passages and pertinent comments
before the preface?
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On Amendment
WASHINGTON (NC) - More
hearings on proposed anti-abortion amendments to the Constitution have been tentatively set
for April 11 by the Senate subcommittee on
constitutional
amendments.
On that date the subcommittee
plans to hear from medical experts, although the list of witnesses has not yet been drawn
up, according to a· subcommittee
staffer. Testim'ony is expected at
future hearings from a wide
range of groups, induding rightto-life and women's groups as
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Decline in .Birth
Rate Continues

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 21, 1974

Says Bureaucrats Ignore

WASHINGTON (NC) - The
nation's birth rate continued its
downward spiral in 1973 and
shows no signs of reversing itself.
The National Center for Health
Statistics, a branch of the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, released figures
here showing that both the birth
/ rate and the more precise fertility rate are at their lowest
points since the government began keeping demographs figures.

Education Research Data
I'm afraid that I will never get over being surprised
at the pettiness of ecclesiastical bureaucrats. Each time I
think 'I've got them figured out, they pull something new
that cpnvinces me I have overestimated their intelligence
and vision. My colleague,
make'.major decisions on
Professor Willia.m McCrea- cians
the basis of data that are not so
dy, has recently finished an good). But until they are willing
ingenious and pioneering ,to pay for it, they will have to
study of the basic beliefs (ultimate values) of Americans. He
was resourceful enough to put a
question into our survey. instru-

Last year, the fertility ratethe number of births per 1,000
women aged 15 to 44--dropped
to an all time low of 69.3. That
compared with 86.5 in 1969.
Prior to the 1970s, the all time
low occurred during the depression year of 1936, when the fertility rate was 75.8. The all-time
high occurred in the post-war
baby boom year of 1957 when
the rate was 122.9.
Experts had expected an upturn in the fertility rate and have
been surprised that their predictions have not materialized.
"It's a continuation of what
we've been seeing, but it's still
a surprise to everyone who
studies this phenomenon," said
Charles Westhof, professor of
demographic studies at Princeton University and former director of the U.S. Commission on
Population.
With the children born during
the post-war baby boom, he
noted, many demographers had
expected at least an increase in
the total number of births, if not
a rise in the birth rate during the
'70s.
"What you're getting now,"
he said, "is an absolute decline
in the number of babies being
born, not just reduction in the
rate."

Repression Draws Fire From Bishops
WASHINGTON (NC)-The repression of human rights in Latin
America is drawing ~ increasing
fire from Catholic Church officials in the United States, Chile
and Brazil.
Leaders of the U. S. hierarchy
which usually maintains a diplo-

Baseball Commences April 9
In S.E. lVIass.. Conference

matic silence on foreign affairs,
has formally protested Chile's
and Brazil's violations' of human
rights. And leaders of the
Chilean Church may soon speak
out as their Brazilian counterparts have done, according to
Father Frederick McGuire, director of the Division for Latin

for a hot lunch, a warm
bed, a friend •.. he is an
abandoned child who
sleeps on the sidewalk:
begs for food: and is
bloated from malnutrition.

All three divisional races
should be close as conference
officia'ls have carefully aligned
the schools according to their
. relative strengths. The area's
strongest baseball schools will be
battling for the Division I title.
All members of the division have
demonstrated by past perfor·
mance that they can field units
that can challenge the best in the
Commonwealth. The group in·
cludes such baseball powers as
Durfee High of Fall River, New
Bedford, Barnstable and Somerset.

He is learning to hate
poverty and people.
He is one of thousands
to whom missionaries
bring health, a home,
and companionshipbut even more,
missionaries bring
to the human
spirit an
experience
of love-the
love of God.

Tight Pennant Race Shapes Up in Division I
All have turned out outstanding teams and individuals. The
most recent local product to
make a name for himself being,
of course, Mark Bomback, a Dur·
f~e graduate fighting for a job
with the Boston Red Sox. It was
only three years ago that Mark
was hurling Durfee to a State
championship. Hopefully he'll be
pitching in Fenway Park this
Summer.
Durfee, partly due to its reputation, wiII be the team to beat
in Division I. The Hilltoppers are
always a title contender. This
season should be no different.
But, Division I does have good
balance. There are, at least, four
teams, in addition to Durfee,
that could win the pennant. New
Bedford and Somerset are recognized as two of the best baseball
schools in the area. Bishop Stang
of Dartmouth and Barnstable always field strong clubs. Taunton,
Dennis·Yarmouth and Falmouth

round out the Division. All are
capable of competing within the
bracket.
On paper the Division II race
appears to be another close affair. There is no club within the
bracket that has not enjoyed success on the diamond. All are
about equal in size and competi·
tiveness.
The division includes 'Fair·
haven, Bishop Feehan High of
Attleboro, Msgr. Coyle·Bishop
Cassidy High' of Taunton, See·
konk, Dighton-Rehoboth,' Case
High of Swansea, Dartmouth and
Bishop Connolly High of Fall
River.
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Dartmouth has already won
two Conference championships
this scholastic year and could
add another this Spring. DightonRehoboth possesses an outstanding pitching corps and may sur·
prise many experts. Case wiII be
tough. Seekonk wiII be in the
thick of the race.

Will you sacrifice
. "the price of a
new shirt"
for them?

THEY
"11'EOYOUB
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Conference Experiencing Growing Pains
As the saying goes, pitching is
90 per cent of the game. Nothing

could be more true lNhen evaluating high school baseball teams.
Whichever team has the strong·
est pitching staff will win.
If there is any significant difference between the schools
playing in Division II and those
in Division III, it is that, generally speaking, II schools have more
depth on the mound. While each
Division III has one or possibly
two good throwers, none can
boast of consistenly producing a
deep mound corp.
Those schools who wiII be
fightIng for Division III honors
include: Bourne, Old Rochester
of Mattapoisett, New Bedford
Vocational, Diman Regional of
Fall River, St. Anthony's High
of New Bedford, Wareham, Holy'
Family High from New Bedford,
Norton and Westport.
As the Southeastern Mass.
Conference approaches the end
of its second year of existence

it is being closely evaluated by
its members. The new circuit
was formed to bring about more
equitable playing conditions
through divisional competition
and constant realignment. In the·
ory both ideas were sound. The
league has brought about more
competitive situations.
But there are some members
who f,eel the realignments are
hurting more than helping. When
a team does well, they contend,
it is penalized for its accomplishments by being placed in a
higher division for the next year.
In the process established rivalries are broken.
The league members overcame
adversity in forming the conference. Now it is time to resolve
some of the growing pains. Re·
alignment is a problem. It must
be dealt with seriously to
strengthen and preserve the
Southeastern Massachusetts Conference.

America (DLA) of the U. S. Cath·
olic Conference (USeC).
Father McGuire predicted the
stronger protests by Chilean bishops, especially Cardinal Raul
Silva of Santiago, president of
the Chilean bishops' conference,
during an interview here with
NC News.

HE'D CIfE THESHIRT·OFF
HISBACK

Twenty-five teams will begin the chase for three league
pennants on April 9 when the Southeastern Massachusetts
Conference Baseball season opens. As in all other sports
sponsored by the multi-team circuit, competition will be
held on a divisional basis.
Eight schools will be repre- replacements for last year's grad·
uates, get the throwing arms into
sented in both Division I and shape while avoiding injury and
II; nine will contest for the let nature take its course.
Division III crown.
With opening day only' a few
weeks away the diamond mentors
are concentrating ()n eonditioning with a discerning eye on the
pitchers. While a few clubs have
been able to get outside for some
work, most have been confined
to the gymnasium. But, this year
is no different from any other.
New England Spring and area
coaches know they must be prepared to take to field on opening
day in spite of insufficient praC7
tice time.
The key now is to find suitable

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